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When Is Advertising a Plastic Surgeon’s Individual “Brand” Unethical?

Overview of attention for article published in The AMA Journal of Ethic, April 2018
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Title
When Is Advertising a Plastic Surgeon’s Individual “Brand” Unethical?
Published in
The AMA Journal of Ethic, April 2018
DOI 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.4.msoc2-1804
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Authors

Carly P Smith, Daniel George

Abstract

Advertising a plastic surgery practice on social media is fraught with both practical and ethical challenges. We use an institutional betrayalframework to explore the range of potential harms to patient well-being while also considering the pitfalls of social media activity, especially marketing, for practitioners. We also give consideration to the relative benefits that such online patient-clinician relationships can provide. In our analysis, we draw on specific examples of plastic surgery procedures prominently featured on social media, including the Vampire Facelift®.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 35 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Doctoral Student 4 11%
Student > Bachelor 4 11%
Researcher 3 9%
Librarian 1 3%
Lecturer > Senior Lecturer 1 3%
Other 3 9%
Unknown 19 54%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 8 23%
Arts and Humanities 1 3%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 3%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 1 3%
Psychology 1 3%
Other 3 9%
Unknown 20 57%