Virtual Mentor: The Ethics of Cosmetic Surgery

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Virtual Mentor. May 2010, Volume 12, Number 5: 357-433. Full Issue PDF

May 2010 Contents

Ethics in Cosmetic and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery

From the Editor

The Contested Status of Cosmetic and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery
Scott B. Grant
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Virtual Mentor. 2010; 12:359-362.

Educating for Professionalism

Clinical Cases

The “Mommy Makeover” Package
Commentary by Eric T. Carniol and Paul J. Carniol
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Virtual Mentor. 2010; 12:363-366.

Outer Ear Construction: Is Advocacy Part of Treatment?
Commentary by June K. Wu
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Virtual Mentor. 2010; 12:367-372.

An Argument for Patient Autonomy in Elective Surgery
Commentary by Michael Van Vliet and Joseph Rosen
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Virtual Mentor. 2010; 12:373-375.

The Code Says

AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinion on Physician Advertising
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Virtual Mentor. 2010; 12:376-377.

Journal Discussion

Ethical Issues in Face Transplantation
Christian J. Vercler
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Virtual Mentor. 2010; 12:378-382.

Clinical Pearl

Diagnosing and Treating Microtia
Mitchell A. Stotland
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Virtual Mentor. 2010; 12:383-388.

Law, Policy, and Society

Health Law

Silicone Breast Implant Litigation
Kristin E. Schleiter
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Virtual Mentor. 2010; 12:389-394.

Policy Forum

An Argument Against the Feasibility of Taxing Cosmetic Surgery
Lauren Sydney Flicker and Rachel Zuraw
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Virtual Mentor. 2010; 12:395-400.

Medicine and Society

Are Cosmetic Surgeons Complicit in Promoting Suspect Norms of Beauty?
Jordan Amadio
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Virtual Mentor. 2010; 12:401-405.

Comic Strip: Mirror, Mirror
Khris Oak
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Virtual Mentor. 2010; 12:406.

History, Art, and Narrative

History of Medicine

Advertising Cosmetic Surgery
Deborah A. Sullivan
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Virtual Mentor. 2010; 12:407-411.

Images of Healing and Learning

The Genetic Basis of Body Shape: Lessons from Mirror Twins and High-Definition Digital Photography
David Teplica
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Virtual Mentor. 2010; 12:412-417.

Op-Ed and Correspondence

Op-Ed

Character and the Plastic Surgeon
Robert T. Grant and Michael Sosin
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Virtual Mentor. 2010; 12:418-421.