A Revised Consent Model for the Transplantation of Face and Upper Limbs: Covenant Consent

by James L. Benedict

Book Overview

This book supports the emerging field of vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) for face and upper-limb transplants by providing a revised, ethically appropriate consent model which takes into account what is actually required of facial and upper extremity transplant recipients. In place of consent as permission-giving, waiver, or autonomous authorization (the standard approaches), this book imagines consent as an ongoing mutual commitment,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319859064
• ISBN13: 9783319859064
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"