Face transplantation: Part II - An ethical perspective

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Clark, Peter A ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Human experimentation; Informed consent; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER; CUSHING SYNDROME; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS B CELL LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; ETHICS; FACE SURGERY; FACE TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT REJECTION; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INFORMED CONSENT; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MICROSURGERY; MYCOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SKILL; SKIN INFECTION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TINEA; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

FACE; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SURVIVAL; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 13844275141     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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