Editorial: Psychosocial and bioethical challenges and developments for the future of vascularized composite allotransplantations

Martin Kumnig; Nikolas R Hummel; Sheila G Jowsey-Gregoire; Kevin J Zuo; Elisa J Gordon; Simon G Talbot

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1186113

Editorial: Psychosocial and bioethical challenges and developments for the future of vascularized composite allotransplantations

Front Psychol. 2023 Apr 20:14:1186113. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1186113. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Martin Kumnig¹, Nikolas R Hummel¹, Sheila G Jowsey-Gregoire², Kevin J Zuo³, Elisa J Gordon^{4

5}, Simon G Talbot^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Psychosomatics and Medical Psychology, Center for Advanced Psychology Transplantation Medicine (CAPTM), Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
² Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN, United States.
³ Division of Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States.
⁵ Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States.
⁶ Division of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
⁷ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.

No abstract available

Keywords: follow-up; informed consent; multicenter research approach; patient evaluation; patient-provider communication/information; vascularized composite allotransplantation.

Publication types

Editorial