title: Justifying surgery's last taboo: the ethics of face transplants.
abstract: Should face transplants be undertaken? This article examines the ethical problems involved from the perspective of the recipient, looking particularly at the question of identity, the donor and the donor's family, and the disfigured community and society more generally. Concern is expressed that full face transplants are going ahead.
authors.affiliation: University College London, Bentham House, Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1H 0EG, UK. uctlmdf@ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Freeman
authors.forename: Pauline
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Abou Jaoudé
mesh_terms: D003357:Cosmetic Techniques / Q000941:ethics; D026690:Ethics, Clinical; D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012945:Social Values; D013609:Taboo; D014019:Tissue Donors; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000941:ethics; D014180:Transplantation / Q000941:ethics*