On Face Transplantation: Life and Ethics in Experimental Biomedicine

Taylor-Alexander, Samuel

Drawing together interview material, medical publications, and first-hand accounts, this book shows that what is being remade in the burgeoning medical field of face transplantation is not only the lives of patients, but also the very ways that state institutions, surgeons, and families make sense of rights, claims for inclusion, and life itself.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Pivot

Publication Date: 2014-08-15

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137452719

DOI: 10.1057/9781137452726

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 74