Does it make sense to speak of neuroethics? Three problems with keying ethics to hot new science and technology

EMBO Reports

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Parens, Erik ^a   Johnston, Josephine ^a  

^a HASTINGS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOETHICS; CONSCIOUSNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOMICS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORALITY; NEUROSCIENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; SAFETY; SKILL;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; NEUROSCIENCES;

EID: 34548321872     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400992     Document Type: Article

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