tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804629.post113392491549538856..comments2024-03-08T03:12:18.926-05:00Comments on Upon Further Review...: Partial face transplant raises ethical concernsJohn Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01895903722298748059noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804629.post-1134004077947667822005-12-07T20:07:00.000-05:002005-12-07T20:07:00.000-05:00It would be a great failing for the medical establ...<I>It would be a great failing for the medical establishment not to discuss the issue fully.</I><BR/><BR/>My argument isn't really with the medical establishment, it's the slant of the news coverage. It seems that the ethical issues are being played up by laymen in this case because, as Christiana noted, people are just squeamish about faces.michellinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05034726778989565660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804629.post-1133997387230975762005-12-07T18:16:00.000-05:002005-12-07T18:16:00.000-05:00I don't really see any ethical concerns, but I gue...I don't really see any ethical concerns, but I guess it does need to be discussed if just to dismiss them.<BR/><BR/>I think you're wrong about Face Off, I'm pretty sure I saw a couple of references to it when I originally saw the story. Keri and I went to see Face Off on our first date, and she still laughs at me because I was very bothered by the fact that they didn't even rinse the face off in anything before transplanting. Seems a little dirty to me.John Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895903722298748059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804629.post-1133985110163389712005-12-07T14:51:00.000-05:002005-12-07T14:51:00.000-05:00I think that people that have to bring up all this...I think that people that have to bring up all this shit about ethicalness (is that a word?) have nothing better to do. Like with alot of other topics.<BR/><BR/>So she had a disfiguring accident. Leaving her face disfured is just as damaging. She knew the risks. <BR/><BR/>I myself am going to donate whatever is good enough to give.<BR/><BR/>I have to admit that movie Face/off came to my mind the first time I read it.Miahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04627424780088354460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804629.post-1133973728073604732005-12-07T11:42:00.000-05:002005-12-07T11:42:00.000-05:00why bring it up?Simply because there are very sign...<I>why bring it up?</I><BR/><BR/>Simply because there are very significant ethical issues, which do not arise in any other transplant procedures and need to be properly discussed .. not to inhibit the use of procedure, but to make sure that best practice is observed.<BR/><BR/>It would be a great failing for the medical establishment not to discuss the issue fully.not in usehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11761195939856398073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804629.post-1133963380299718282005-12-07T08:49:00.000-05:002005-12-07T08:49:00.000-05:00According to what I've read, the transplanted part...According to what I've read, the transplanted part of the face isn't going to look that "different," in that facial features are determined in large part by underlying bone structure. What bothers people, IMO, is the idea that someone can have someone else's face. It seems icky and weird, and could be emotionally difficult for the recipient for those reasons, not because she's going to look like a totally different person. She's not.<BR/><BR/>And really, how is this different from any other form of transplant--a heart, a lung, a kidney, skin grafts, bone marrow? Because it's icky and weird.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804629.post-1133943721094591632005-12-07T03:22:00.000-05:002005-12-07T03:22:00.000-05:00I get up in the morning and think a new face would...I get up in the morning and think a new face would be a good thing... thanks to Martha Stewart.sumohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03668836906276970398noreply@blogger.com