Facing the Future: Media Ethics, Bioethics, and the World's First Face Transplant

The Ethics of Facial Allotransplantation: A Systematic Review

“…3). In all 148 articles included, nonmaleficence was the most frequent ethical principle addressed (117/148, 79.1%), 1–3,7,10–121 followed by beneficence (116/148, 78.3%), 1–3,5,7,10,13–24,26–29,32–42,44,46,48,49,51–56,58,60,61,63–66,69–84,86,87,89–93,95–137 justice (103/148, 69.6%), 2,3,5,7,11,14,17–22,24–28,30–32,34,35,38,39,41–44,46,48,49,51,52,54,55,57,58,60–64,66–73,75–77,79,82–85,87–92,94,95,97–102,104,105,107–112,114,117,119–121,123,125,129–131,135,138–147 and autonomy (86/148, 58.1%). 1–3,5,7…”

“…The most frequent addressed themes under the principles were risk of immunosuppression or rejection (n = 88, 59.5%), 1–3,7,10–12,14,16–19,22,23,25,29–41,43–56,58–64,66,67,69,71,72,75–79,81,83–85,87–92,95,97,100,102–106,108–112,114,115,117–119,121 followed by informed consent or donor family consent (n = 67,45.3%), 1–3,5,12,14,15,23,25,27,28,32,34,35,38–41,44,46,48,49,53,56,58,61,63–66,69–74,80,82–84,88,94,97,100–105,107,111,116,117,120,121,130,131,133,136,138,141–143,145,147,149 facial tissue donation and restoration (n = 49, 32.9%), 2,11,14,…”