Ethical guidance for the management of conflicts of interest for researchers, engineers and clinicians engaged in the development of therapeutic deep brain stimulation

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Fins, Joseph J ^a   Schlaepfer, Thomas E ^b   Nuttin, Bart ^c   Kubu, Cynthia S ^d   Galert, Thorsten ^e   Sturm, Volker ^f   Merkel, Reinhard ^g   Mayberg, Helen S ^h  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Federal Republic of Germany   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^h EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; NASCENT FIELD; PUBLIC TRUST;

ENGINEERS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); NEURAL NETWORKS; NEUROSURGERY; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE;

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER; CONFLICT; ENGINEERING; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; REVIEW; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL STAFF;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MEDICAL STAFF;

EID: 79957969860     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/8/3/033001     Document Type: Review

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