Thursday, November 20, 2003

BBC NEWS | Health | Q&A: Face transplants

BBC NEWS | Health | Q&A: Face transplants: "The Royal College of Surgeons of England has urged doctors not to carry out face transplants.
BBC News Online examines whether the procedure is likely to go ahead and what it would involve.

What is a face transplant?

A face transplant, according to the surgeons who say they could carry it out, would involve removing the face of a dead person and placing it on someone who is still alive."

O.k. I'm an organ donor. But that doesn't include my largest organ, does it?

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