Facial transplantation: Understanding the interests of patients and hurdles to informed consent

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Hurlburt, Michael ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Human experimentation; Informed consent; Quality of life; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE GRAFT; FACE DEFORMITY; FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT EDUCATION; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CONSENT FORMS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FACE; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 34548380002     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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