Transcranial magnetic stimulation: A historical evaluation and future prognosis of therapeutically relevant ethical concerns

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 137-143

  Horvath, Jared C ^a   Perez, Jennifer M ^a   Forrow, Lachlan ^a   Fregni, Felipe ^b   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; ETHICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 79951772196     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2010.039966     Document Type: Article

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