A Lifesaving View of Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation: Patient Experience of Social Death Before and After Face, Hand, and Larynx Transplant

INTRODUCTION: Most solid organ transplantation is viewed as lifesaving, whereas vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) has been viewed as life enhancing. This article challenges the latter and argues that “social death” evident in severe face, hand, and larynx disfigurement can be potentia...

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Autor principal: Bramstedt, Katrina A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2017
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Research Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6022947/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29978024
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2374373517730556

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6022947/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29978024
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2374373517730556

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