Involuntary & voluntary invasive brain surgery: Ethical issues related to acquired aggressiveness

Neuroethics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 115-128

  Gilbert, Frederic ^a   Vranic, Andrej ^b   Hurst, Samia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acquired aggressiveness; Cognitive impairment; Decision making capacity; Frontal lobe surgery; Involuntary treatment; Personality changes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSIVENESS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENINGIOMA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSURGERY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 84875232496     PISSN: 18745490     EISSN: 18745504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12152-012-9161-9     Document Type: Article

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