Ethical Considerations in Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Addiction and Overeating Associated With Obesity

AJOB Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 35-46

  Pisapia, Jared M ^a   Halpern, Casey H ^a   Muller, Ulf J ^b   Vinai, Piergiuseppe ^c   Wolf, John A ^a   Whiting, Donald M ^d   Wadden, Thomas A ^e   Baltuch, Gordon H ^a   Caplan, Arthur L ^f  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

^c Cognitive Psychotherapy School ^*  (Italy)

^d ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

addiction; deep brain stimulation; ethics; obesity; overeating; substance dependence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877300330     PISSN: 21507740     EISSN: 21507759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21507740.2013.770420     Document Type: Article

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