A human performance perspective on the ethical use of cogniceuticals: Commentary on "recommendations for the ethical use of pharmacologic fatigue countermeasures in the U.S. military"

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 5 II, 2007, Pages

  Meijer, Marten ^a,b  

^a Royal Netherlands Navy ^*  (Netherlands)

^b Panel Executive Human Factors and Medicine Panel   (France)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Cogniceuticals; Cognitive enhancement; Countermeasures; Fatigue; Military; Neuroethics

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DRUG USE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REST; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLDIER; WAR; WEAPON;

EID: 34248157305     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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