title: Face transplants and the difficulties of obtaining research approval.
abstract: After over one year of consideration, the world's first face transplant has obtained research approval despite ethical and safety concerns.
authors.affiliation: California Western School of Law, USA.
authors.forename: Aline
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gaba
mesh_terms: D028744:Ethics Committees, Research; D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000941:ethics*; D018579:Patient Selection; D018570:Risk Assessment; D036302:Therapeutic Human Experimentation / Q000941:ethics