Neuroenhancement - Perspectives of Swiss psychiatrists and general practitioners

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 142, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ott, Regula ^a   Lenk, Christian ^a   Miller, Nicole ^a   Bühler, Rachel Neuhaus ^a   Biller Andorno, Nikola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Ethics; Neuroenhancement; Physicians; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROENHANCEMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHIATRIST; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWITZERLAND; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHIATRY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOMEDICAL ENHANCEMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84870423910     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2012.13707     Document Type: Article

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