Justifying surgery's last taboo: the ethics of face transplants.
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.
Freeman
Michael
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University College London, Bentham House, Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1H 0EG, UK. uctlmdf@ucl.ac.uk
Abou Jaoudé
Pauline
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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*