An Ethical Framework for Outcome Assessment in Psychiatric DBS

AJOB Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-55

  Woopen, Christiane ^a   Timmermann, Lars ^a   Kuhn, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

deep brain stimulation; outcome assessment; psychiatry; research ethics; risk benefit assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855977260     PISSN: 21507740     EISSN: 21507759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21507740.2011.635631     Document Type: Article

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