[Aesthetic surgery and ethic].
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.
Service de chirurgie plastique, reconstructrice et esthétique, hôpital de Rangueil, 1, avenue Jean-Poulhès, 31054 Toulouse 4, France. chavoin.jp@chu-toulouse.fr
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D001828:Body Image; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000941:ethics*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012924:Social Conditions; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000941:ethics*