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Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Published in: Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 4/2010

01-08-2010 | Letter to the Editor

The Increasing Growth of Plastic Surgery Lawsuits in Brazil

Authors: Dione Batista Vila-Nova da Silva, Fábio Xerfan Nahas, Rodolpho Alberto Bussolaro, Maria José Azevedo de Brito, Lydia Masako Ferreira

Published in: Aesthetic Plastic Surgery | Issue 4/2010

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Medical lawsuits have reached endemic proportions in many countries [1, 2]. The value of financial compensation also has increased [3], causing harm to patients and physicians [1, 2]. Very commonly, plastic surgeons access lawsuits through nonmedical media. …
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Metadata
Title
The Increasing Growth of Plastic Surgery Lawsuits in Brazil
Authors
Dione Batista Vila-Nova da Silva
Fábio Xerfan Nahas
Rodolpho Alberto Bussolaro
Maria José Azevedo de Brito
Lydia Masako Ferreira
Publication date
01-08-2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery / Issue 4/2010
Print ISSN: 0364-216X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-5241
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-009-9460-7

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