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In this interview, professor Sharrona Pearl explores the history of face transplants through an ethical and societal lens. She discusses the intrinsic link between the face and one's sense of identity and wholeness as a person.Prof. Pearl is an Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. She received her PhD. in the History of Science from Harvard University. Her article, titled “Saving faces” was published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.Full medical humanities article: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.180039To request a transcript of this podcast, contact [email protected] to CMAJ Podcasts on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app. You can also follow us directly on our SoundCloud page or you can visit www.cmaj.ca/page/multimedia/podcasts.

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