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Persona y Bioética
Print version ISSN 2027-5382On-line version ISSN 0123-3122
Abstract
BARONE, Mauro; COGLIANDRO, Annalisa; PERSICHETTI, Paolo and DI STEFANO, Nicola. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS ON CASE REPORTS AND ANALYSIS OF QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH COSMETIC RHINOPLASTY. pers.bioét. [online]. 2016, vol.20, n.1, pp.77-85. ISSN 2027-5382. https://doi.org/10.5294/PEBI.2016.20.1.8.
The paper discusses an ethical analysis of three common cases involving the most popular requests in rhinoplasty. As the nose plays a fundamental role in the aesthetics and physiognomy of the human face, the request for rhinoplasty may be an expression of both subjective discomfort and objective dysfunction. The paper aims, therefore, to fill the gap between qualitative-subjective impressions related to bodily self-perception and its quantitative-objective assessment. Ethical evaluation should start with consideration of the formal object and circumstances of the act, by posing the following question: Is this a real clinical case? Only after an undoubtedly positive answer to this question, should we consider specific case-related aspects; i.e., the best scientific evidence, available nosography and informed consent, before conducting an ethical evaluation of the case.
Keywords : Rhinoplasty; ethical evaluation; quality of life; pre- and post-operative questionnaire.