Korean J Leg Med.
1998 Oct;22(2):100-110.
Problems of Cosmetic Surgery on the Judicial Decisions
- Affiliations
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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