Psychosocial implications of disfigurement and the future of human face transplantation

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 559-565

  Furr, L Allen ^b   Wiggins, Osborne ^b   Cunningham, Michael ^b   Vasilic, Dalibor ^b   Brown, Charles S ^b   Banis Jr , Joseph C ^b   Maldonado, Claudio ^b   Perez Abadia, Gustavo ^b   Barker, John H ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; DEFORMITY; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FACE; FACE INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN FACE TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BODY IMAGE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FACE; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; SELF CONCEPT; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 34447570994     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000267584.66732.e5     Document Type: Review

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