Face transplantation: When and for whom?

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 16-17

  Butler, Peter E M ^a   Clarke, Alex ^a   Ashcroft, Richard E ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BODY IMAGE; ETHICS; FACE; FACE MUSCLE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOTE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BODY IMAGE; ENGLAND; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FACE; FACIAL MUSCLES; FRANCE; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 27344447321     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160490496589     Document Type: Note

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