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Issues and Ethics In Human Head Transplants

Susan Lederer, Professor of Medical History and Bioethics at the UW School of Medicine, discusses the idea of transplanting a human head introduced by Mary Shelley in her book "Frankenstein" two hundred years ago. Lederer delves into the moral and ethical implications should transplanting human heads become a medical possibility.

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