Someone Else's Face in the Mirror: Identity and the New Science of Face Transplants (Hardcover)

~ (Author), Nathan Clendenin (Author)

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"While the clinical and historical aspects of the surgical procedures are aimed at medical professionals, general readers will appreciate the themes of identity, change and recovery."

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"A serious and needed exploration of the traumatic impact of face transplants and how to support the hope this surgery provides. The authors pay special attention to war veterans, especially those disfigured in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as individuals suffering disfigurement from a variety of causes. This book is creative and caring, opening insight into the sense of identity tied to the human face and problems one must engage in disfigurement and its amelioration. This book will help doctors, patients and all those interested in the vicissitudes of identity, injury and change."

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Michael Eigen, PhD
Author, Feeling Matters and Flames From the Unconscious: Trauma, Madness and Faith

Author, Feeling Matters

and Flames From the Unconscious: Trauma, Madness and Faith.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 171 pages
• Publisher: Praeger; 1 edition (April 30, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0313356165
• ISBN-13: 978-0313356162
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,298,357 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars What if you lost your face?, August 2, 2009

By	J R "observateur" (East Coast, USA) - See all my reviews

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If we look at a group photo, we always search for our own FACE in the crowd. What if we LOST that face? Are WE gone forever? Are we then dead? If we get another person's face, do we become THEM? Have we lost our own identity along with our own face?

It's all about IDENTITY, and face transplants.

Graphically bold and sexually frank descriptions of transplants of various body parts are included.

Up to the minute procedures and ideas are thoroughly explained in a sensitive, knowledgeable and eloquent way that fascinates, educates and even entertains.