Theregulation of cognitive enhancement devices: Extending the medical model

Journal of Law and the Biosciences

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 68-93

  Maslen, Hannah ^a,b   Douglas, Thomas ^c,d   Kadosh, Roi Cohen ^e   Levy, Neil ^f   Savulescu, Julian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d BRASENOSE COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive enhancement devices; Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency: medical devices; Regulation; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901037823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20539711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jlb/lst003     Document Type: Article

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