Policy implications of the new neuroscience

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-180

  Blank, Robert H ^a  

^a NONE

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PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG EFFECT; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BRAIN; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NEUROSCIENCES; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS;

EID: 33947426842     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: 14692147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180107070193     Document Type: Review

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