Ethical issues in deep brain stimulation

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Schermer, Maartje ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Deep brain stimulation; Medical ethics; Neuro psychiatric disorders; Neuroethics; Neuromodulation; Psychosurgery; Research ethics

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BENEFICENCE; BLEEDING; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DEPRESSION; DYSTONIA; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERSEXUALITY; HYPOMANIA; IDENTITY; INFORMED CONSENT; JUSTICE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEMORY DISORDER; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPEECH DISORDER; SURGICAL INFECTION;

EID: 82255165375     PISSN: 16625145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2011.00017     Document Type: Review

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