Korean J Leg Med.  1998 Oct;22(2):100-110.

Problems of Cosmetic Surgery on the Judicial Decisions

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  • 1Department of Pathology, Konkuk University College of Medicine, Korea.

Abstract

Recently, the numbers of medical dispute in cosmetic surgery are increasing according to the increasing demand of this surgery. The 5 judicial decisions of Korea and the 7 those of Japan are introduced, and three points of problems about cosmetic surgery are proposed in this paper as follows: 1. whether cosmetic surgery is one of medical practice or not 2. Misusage of cosmetic surgery in wrongful directions 3. The proposals for prevention of medical disputes in cosmetic surgery


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Dissent and Disputes
Japan
Korea
Surgery, Plastic*
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