Chavoin J P
Service de chirurgie plastique, reconstructrice et esthétique, hôpital de Rangueil, 1, avenue Jean-Poulhès, 31054 Toulouse 4, France.
Ann Chir Plast Esthet. 2003 Oct;48(5):273-8. doi: 10.1016/s0294-1260(03)00079-7.
Body image, in our consuming societies, became more and more important, and its new modelizations magnified by medias, strike the plastic surgeon with ethic questions. The author analyze the fundamental aspects of ethic in aesthetic surgery and their practical consequences for specialists who wish to practice surgery with the aim to improve physical and psychological comfort of their patients with maximum security.