The ethics of deep brain stimulation (DBS)

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 475-485

  Unterrainer, Marcus ^a   Oduncu, Fuat S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation (DBS); Ethics of DBS; Neuroethics; Parkinson s disease (PD); Ulysses contract

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; ETHICS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISORDERS;

DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 84943200375     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-015-9622-0     Document Type: Article

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