Face Transplants Pose Ethical, Psychological Questions
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Contributed by Carla Sharetto| 19 September, 2004 21:39 GMT
Scientists have the knowledge and ability to transplant a human face, but the procedure has not yet been attempted. An international research team has proposed guidelines for carrying out a successful face transplant, addressing the numerous ethical and psychological questions it poses.A team of researchers at the University of Louisville in Kentucky and Utrecht University in the Netherlands present the guidelines and their accompanying rationale in the next issue of The American Journal of Bioethics (Volume 4, Number 3).
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