Informed Consent as a Litigation Strategy in the Field of Aesthetic Surgery: An Analysis Based on Court Precedents.

Bo-Young Park Jung Woo Kwon So Ra Kang Seung Eun Hong

Published in: Archives of plastic surgery (2016)

Surgeons should pay special attention to obtaining informed consent, because it is a double-edged sword; it has clinical purposes for doctors and patients but may also be a litigation strategy for lawyers.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
minimally invasive
prognostic factors
working memory
peritoneal dialysis
health insurance
patient reported outcomes
coronary artery disease
surgical site infection
medical students