Part 3: Ethical Issues

A four-part working bibliography of neuroethics: part 3 – “second tradition neuroethics” – ethical issues in neuroscience

BACKGROUND Neuroethics describes several interdisciplinary topics exploring the application and implications of engaging neuroscience in societal contexts. To explore this topic, we present Part 3 of a four-part bibliography of neuroethics' literature focusing on the "ethics of neuroscience." METHODS To complete a systematic survey of the neuroethics literature, 19 databases and 4 individual ...

Personalized medicine: part 2: ethical, legal, and regulatory issues.

lion per hospital, depending on size.1 A report from the National Academy of Sciences, published in 2009, emphasized the need to apply a new approach to allow monitoring of each patient’s health status and to treat any malfunction in a manner that is tailored to that individual.2 Thus, the promise of PM, if fully realized, has the potential to significantly influence the nation’s health care. W...

ETHICAL ISSUES IN MEDICAL STATISTICS

Medical statistics (biostatistics), as a vital essential part of modem life, does raise some fundamental ethical issues. Surprisingly, this aspect seems to have been totally ignored by books on medical ethics. This paper discusses how the statistical aspects affect the ethics. The relation between biostatistics and medical research is explored. All stages of a medical research exercise are ...

Ethical Issues

Ethical Issues

Introduction Most professional organizations whose members deal with trauma victims have published ethical standards for treatment-related issues. Examples include the AAMFT Code of Ethics published by the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, the Ethical Principles for Psychologists published by the American Psychological Association, the Principles of Medical Ethics with Ann...