Until they have faces: The ethics of facial allograft trasplantation

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 707-709

  Agich, G J ^a   Siemionow, M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE DEFORMITY; FACE SURGERY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT COUNSELING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SKIN GRAFT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REPLANTATION; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TERMINOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 29544452490     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2005.011841     Document Type: Article

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