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ArticleFrontiers in transplantation2024

Are face transplant candidates choosing autonomously? A preliminary method to evaluate autonomous choosing in psychosocial and bioethical assessments.

Anneke Farías-Yapur

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Article in Frontiers in transplantation, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Anneke Farías-YapurInterdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City, Mexico.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This report proposes a framework for evaluating the validity of informed consent and autonomy in face transplant candidates, taking into account the risk of depression and non-compliance. Traditional factors like decisional capacity, disclosure, comprehension, voluntariness, and agreement are insufficient for assessing valid informed consent in individuals whose self-worth relies on public perception, potentially leading to self-harm if societal worth is undermined. Reliance on self-esteem, rather than inherent personal value, poses risks of depression, poor treatment adherence, and deferential vulnerability. We suggest a qualitative analysis of self-worth, self-esteem, self-trust, and self-respect to better assess the autonomy of face transplant candidates in their decision-making process.

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autonomybioethical assessmentdeferential vulnerabilityinformed consentself-worthvascularized composite allotransplantation

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PMID38993750
PMCPMC11235316

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