[Reconstructing the face, an identity issue].
The human being invests a physical body, a symbol of different significations and values. When this body is damaged, it is the individual's relationship with the world which is unsettled. The disfigured person is confronted with a loss of his or her identity and with a destabilising social relationship. A transplant is an option which leaves patients with an identity which they and others can find difficult to accept.
Université de Strasbourg. dav.le.breton@orange.fr
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D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000523:psychology*