The bioethics of enhancing human performance for spaceflight

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 129-132

  Gibson, T M ^a  

^a The Buckingham Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; BIOETHICS; COSMONAUT; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMED CONSENT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPACE FLIGHT; TRAINING; WELLBEING;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; BENEFICENCE; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; SAFETY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 33644782512     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2005.012534     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Chambers twentieth century dictionary. Edinburgh: Constable, 1972:448.
2. Beauchamp TL, Childress JF. Principles of biomedical ethics, 4th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994:38.
3. Cardozo J. Schloendorff v. Society of New York Hospital. 211 NY 125, at 129, 105 (NE) 92 (1914).
4. Gibson TM. Legal and ethical implications of immunisation against biological warfare agents [dissertation]. Glasgow: University of Glasgow, 2000.
5. Gibson TM. A shot in the arm for the military: consent to immunisation against biological warfare agents. Med Law Int 2002;5:161-79.
6. Wallace JB. A study of "blacking out" [thesis]. Glasgow: University of Glasgow, 1938. Cited in: Gibson TM, Harrison MH. Into thin air. London: Robert Hale, 1984:58.
7. Barker R. The Royal Flying Corps in World War 1. London: Constable and Robinson, 2002:310-8.
8. Gibson TM, Harrison MH. Into thin air. London: Robert Hale, 1984:252-3.
9. Jones DR, Marsh RW. Flight surgeon support to United States Air force fliers in combat. (USAF School of Aerospace Medicine Report no. SAM-FE-BR-TR-2003-0001.) San Antonio, TX: United States Air Force, 2003:126-30.
10. Falkenheimer S. The ethics of enhancing the capabilities of air and space crews using invasive, implantable and genetic technologies: a Christian appraisal [dissertation]. Deerfield, IL: Trinity International University, 2000.
11. Ackerman F, Heinzerling L. Priceless: on knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing. New York: New Press, 2004.