amednews: Face transplants starting to gain acceptance :: Sept. 19, 2011 ... American Medical News: Facial transplantation remains an experimental surgery of last resort for patients with severely disfigured faces who often have lost critical functions such as the ability to speak, smell, eat or drink normally. But experts say that where facial transplants once drew categorical objections, they are now the focus of ethical scrutiny about concerns that can be addressed, such as ensuring robust informed-consent processes. As with other controversial innovations, such as in vitro fertilization, time and experience are the best allies in assuaging ethical concerns.
Editor: Time + urgency = the state of bioethics. I'm not saying facial transplants are unethical, but just that I notice that what passes for bioethics so often is really just the "yuck factor" given time to melt away, whereas with IVF there still is and always will be a problem with the sanctity of human life.'via Blog this'
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