THE PATIENT, MEDICAL PRACTICE AND MEDICAL RESPONSIBILITY IN COSMETIC DERMATOLOGY
Abstract
Presently, medical practice - increasingly scrutinized by society - is marked by several constraints and limitations of financial, regulatory, bureaucratic and administrative nature. This restrictive, highly regulated environment, that does subvert classical medical practice, vividly contrasts with the laxity by which diverse nonqualified paramedic professionals of the aesthetic area and of the so called complementary and alternative forms of medicine are allowed to practice. The growing area of Cosmetic Dermatology is diversely and not without controversy judged by dermatologists, as a result of the multiple raised unanswered questions that pertain to patient-doctor relationship, litigancy, ethics and deontology. In an open, reflexive fashion, the main challenges ahead that mainly concern regulatory, judicial and ethical issues are presented. Lastly, some practical recommendations are suggested.
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