Face/on : face transplants and the ethics of the other / Sharrona Pearl.

  • Pearl, Sharrona
Date:
2017
  • Books

About this work

Also known as

Face on

Publication/Creation

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.

Physical description

246 pages : black and white llustrations ; 23 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-235) and index.

Contents

Introduction: effacing -- Mind/medicine -- Losing face on film -- Decoding the face-transplant debates -- A very special makeover: face transplants on television -- Conclusion: face transplants and the ethics of the other -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: face transplant recipients.

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    History of Medicine
    VN.PX
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ISBN

  • 9780226461229 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 022646122X
  • 9780226461366 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 022646136X (pbk. : alk. paper)