Problems of Cosmetic Surgery on the Judicial Decisions / 대한법의학회지

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