Face Transplant

Kate Roach

November 2006

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Organisations

Burns Survivors Association UK
416 Outwood Common Road
Billericay
Essex
CM11 1ET
E-mail: burnsurvivorsassociation@hotmail.com
Website: www.burnsurvivorsassociation.com
Independent association for burn survivors, their families and friends, providing information and links to existing local support groups, plus a database of groups around the UK.

Centre for Appearance Research
School of Psychology
University of the West of England
St Matthias Campus
Fishponds
Bristol
BS16 2JP
Tel: 0117 3284356
E-mail: Jackie.Nash@uwe.ac.uk
Website: http://science.uwe.ac.uk/car/
Carries out psychological and interdisciplinary research and aims to make a difference to those with appearance-related concerns in the UK and around the world.

Changing Faces
1-2 Junction Mews
London
W2 1PN
Tel: 0845 4500275
Fax: 0845 4500276
E-mail: info@changingplaces.co.uk
Website: www.changingfaces.co.uk
Offers support to anyone with concerns about disfigurement and disfiguring conditions.

Let's Face It
72 Victoria Avenue
Westgate On Sea
Kent
CT8 8BH
Tel: 01843 833724
Website: www.letsfaceit.force9.co.uk
A network for the 'facially different', offering one-to-one friendship, links to other families and professionals and education for health professionals.

Operation Smile
5th Floor Horatio House
77 Fulham Palace Road
London
W6 8JZ
Tel: 020 82376228
Fax: 020 82376229
E-mail: info@operationsmile.org.uk
Website: www.operationsmile.org.uk
Charity that provides free surgery to thousands of children around the world with facial disfigurements.

Saving Faces (Facial Surgery Research Foundation)
St Bartholomew's Hospital
West Smithfield
London
EC1A 7BE
Tel: 020 76017582
Fax: 020 76017305
E-mail: savingfaces@mail.com
Website: www.savingfaces.co.uk
Charity for research into the prevention and treatment of oral and facial diseases and injuries.

Websites

The History of Skin Grafts
http://articles.findarticles.com/p/
articles/mi_m0PDG/is_3_1/ai_110220336
A history of skin grafting around the world, with a good timeline.

New Scientist – Face transplant feasible, but not yet
www.newscientist.com/news/
news.jsp?id=ns99994403
Article on the controversy surrounding face transplants in the UK and the US. Type 'face transplants' into the search box for a fuller list of related articles.

The Perception Laboratory
www.perceptionlab.com
Find out about the work being undertaken by the psychology department at the University of St Andrews on facial perception.

Raising Kids
www.raisingkids.co.uk/ASK/ex06_tod18.asp
This 'Ask an expert' section offers advice on teaching an only-child with facial disfigurement social skills.

Working Party on Facial Transplantation: Second Report
www.rcseng.ac.uk/news/newsitem.2006-11-13.2725151122
Online report of the Royal College of Surgeons working party on facial transplantation from November 2006.

Books

	Moving On by Simon Weston (Portrait, 2004) Simon Weston's life as a young Welsh guardsman was blown apart in the Falklands conflict of 1982, resulting in more than 70 operations to repair his damaged face and body. This autobiography provides an insight into the events that have shaped his life. Get this book
	In the Eye of the Beholder: The science of face perception by Vicki Bruce and Andrew Young (Oxford University Press, 2000) Presents a fascinating introduction to the science of the human face and the psychology of face perception. Get this book

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