Neuroethics and neuroimaging: Moving toward transparency

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 46-52

  Fins, Joseph J ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Clinical pragmatism; Coma; Disorders of consciousness; Ethics; Neuroethics; Neuroimaging; The minimally conscious state (MCS); The persistent vegetative state (PVS)

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSCIENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

AWARENESS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; NEUROSCIENCES; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 53949084427     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160802334490     Document Type: Review

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