The bizarre request for amputation

International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 186-189

  Barnes, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ethics; law; psychiatry; surgery

Indexed keywords

APOTEMNOPHILIA; ARTICLE; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; FEAR; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; LIMB AMPUTATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

AMPUTATION; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDERS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; SELF MUTILATION;

EID: 84055190076     PISSN: 15347346     EISSN: 15526941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534734611426633     Document Type: Article

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