title: Pediatric facial transplantation: Ethical considerations.
abstract: Facial transplantation is becoming increasingly accepted as a method of reconstructing otherwise unreconstructable adult faces. As this modality is made more available, we must turn our attention to pediatric patients who may benefit from facial transplantation. In the current article, the authors present and briefly examine the most pressing ethical challenges posed by the possibility of performing facial transplantation on pediatric patients. Furthermore, they issue a call for a policy statement on pediatric facial transplantation. The present article may serve as a first step in that direction, highlighting ethical issues that would need to be considered in the creation of such a statement.
authors.affiliation: Division of Community Health and Humanities, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador;
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Flynn
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioethics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; ; Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto;
authors.forename: Randi Zlotnik
authors.initials: RZ
authors.lastname: Shaul
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto;
authors.forename: Mark D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Hanson
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario ; Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
authors.forename: Gregory H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Borschel
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario ; Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zuker
keywords: Ethics; Facial transplantation; Pediatrics
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