PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Fay Bound Alberti
TI  - From <em>Face/Off</em> to the face race: the case of Isabelle Dinoire and the future of the face transplant
AID  - 10.1136/medhum-2016-011113
DP  - 2016 Dec 09
TA  - Medical Humanities
PG  - medhum-2016-011113
4099  - http://mh.bmj.com/content/early/2016/12/09/medhum-2016-011113.short
4100  - http://mh.bmj.com/content/early/2016/12/09/medhum-2016-011113.full
AB  - Isabelle Dinoire, the world's first face transplant recipient has died, 11 years after the procedure that brought her unwanted fame and media attention. While medical debates centre mainly on ethical and medical concerns like immunosuppressant use, the psychological hazards of face transplants are still being overlooked. Using medical and media reports and examining the gendering of clinical and patient narratives, this article argues we need to look again at face transplants and their motivation for individuals as well as society.