Report sets out blueprint on face transplant policy to tackle global ethical issues around face transplants
AboutFace is pleased to share our Blueprint for Sustainable Face Transplant Policy and Practice. With close to 50 face transplants carried out in 11 countries around the world to date, this report addresses the urgent need to set a standard of care to ensure the procedure is ethical and as safe and effective as possible for patients.
The Blueprint, led by Prof Fay Bound Alberti for AboutFace in connection with King’s College Policy Institute, is designed as a guide to help doctors and surgeons make decisions on if and how they should go ahead with face transplant procedures.
With contributors including doctors, psychologists, ethicists, historians and mental health professionals from 19 countries, the report strongly recommends that individual patient circumstances and perspectives should be at the heart of all clinical decisions.
You can read the report online below, or download and share with appropriate credit given. You can also access the report, and more information about the ‘Policy Lab’ on the Resources section of our website. Don’t miss our infocomic summarising the report below!
A summary of this report is available below as an infocomic, tackling some of the big questions. What would happen if you lost your face? Could face transplants be the answer? And if face transplants are to happen, what needs to be done to make them more sustainable and patient-centred?
We want to hear from you. To tell us what you think about the Blueprint or the infocomic, email aboutface-project@york.ac.uk.
