Sleep better than medicine? Ethical issues related to "wake enhancement"

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Ravelingien, A ^a   Sandberg, A ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG EFFECT; ETHICS; FATIGUE; HUMAN; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP STAGE; WAKEFULNESS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FATIGUE; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP STAGES; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 56749096552     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2007.022590     Document Type: Article

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