Debunking alarmist objections to the pharmacological prevention of PTSD

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 23-25

  Hall, Wayne ^a   Carter, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROPRANOLOL;

BIOETHICS; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MEMORY; NOTE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; HUMANS; MEMORY; PROPRANOLOL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 34548566241     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160701551244     Document Type: Note

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