• DOI:10.1057/9781137452726_3
Corpus ID: 147970314

Self-formation and Ethical Being

@inproceedings{TaylorAlexander2014SelfformationAE,
  title={Self-formation and Ethical Being},
  author={Samuel Taylor-Alexander},
  year={2014}
}

• Samuel Taylor-Alexander
• Published 2014

Analysing published interviews with face transplant patients and their families, I examine the profound shifts in individual identity and social relationships that result from the operations performance. In doing so, I demonstrate that face transplant surgery is transformative in a way that otherwise escapes the attention of regulatory bodies. Their primary concern has largely been with issues of psychological rejection on the part of the recipient, and how to retain the anatomical integrity of… Expand

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