On the ethics of facial transplantation research

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1-12

  Wiggins, Osborne P ^a   Barker, John H ^a   Martinez, Serge ^a   Vossen, Marieke ^b   Maldonado, Claudio ^a   Grossi, Federico V ^a   Francois, Cedric G ^a   Cunningham, Michael ^a   Perez Abadia, Gustavo ^a   Kon, Moshe ^b   Banis, Joseph C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allotransplantation (CTA); Bioethics; Composite tissue; Face transplant; Identity; Immunosuppression; Informed consent; Procedures; Reconstructive surgical; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS; FACE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIVACY; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CODES OF ETHICS; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FACE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFORMED CONSENT; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIVACY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; THERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 27344450302     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160490496507     Document Type: Review

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