Ethical and Legal Issues in Neurology
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Ethical and Legal Issues in Neurology: Chapter 22. Ethical issues in neurogenetic disorders
By Peter B. KangThomas ED, Clift RA, Fefer A, et al. Marrow transplantation for the treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia. Ann Intern Med. 1986;104:155–163. Towner D, Loewy RS. Ethics of preimplantation diagnosis for a woman destined to develop ...
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Ethical and Legal Issues in Neurology: Chapter 3. Ethics committees and consultants
By C. Christopher Hook, Keith M. Swetz, Paul S. MuellerC H A P T E R 3 Ethics committees and consultants C. Christopher Hook1, Keith M. Swetz2 and Paul S. Mueller2,*, 1Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA, 2Division of General Internal Medicine, ...
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Ethical and Legal Issues in Neurology: Chapter 8. Medical error and disclosure
By Thomas H. Gallagher, Andrew A. WhiteErrors occur commonly in healthcare and can cause significant harm to patients.
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Ethical and Legal Issues in Neurology: Chapter 21. Ethics in neurodevelopmental disability
By Michael Shevell, Emily Bell, Eric RacineJ Paediatr Child Health. ... O'Connell B, Bailey S, Pearce J. Straddling the pathway from paediatrician to mainstream health care: transition issues experienced in ... Reiss J, Gibson R. Health care transition: destinations unknown.
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Ethical and Legal Issues in Neurology: Chapter 28. Neuroethical issues in clinical neuroscience research
By James A. Anderson, Marleen Eijkholt, Judy IllesIn this chapter, we use the special features of neuroimaging to illustrate research ethics issues for the clinical neurologic sciences, and focus on one particularly compelling case: studies involving first-episode schizophrenic treatment ...
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Ethical and Legal Issues in Neurology
By James L. Bernat, Richard BeresfordThe Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS), an organization put together by the World Health Organization and UNESCO, in 1993 issued its International Ethical Guidelines ...
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Ethical and Legal Issues in Neurology: Chapter 20. Ethical issues in the neurology of aging and cognitive decline
By Jason Karlawish, Eran KleinCaring for persons with Alzheimer’s disease presents neurologists with ethical challenges.
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Ethical and Legal Issues in Neurology: Chapter 15. Assisted suicide and euthanasia
By Agnes van der HeideSeveral countries have adopted laws that regulate physician assistance in dying.
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Ethical and Legal Issues in Neurology: Chapter 14. Medical futility
By Lawrence J. Schneiderman, Michael De RidderWe examine the concept of medical futility by addressing several questions.
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Ethical and Legal Issues in Neurology: Chapter 5. Law, ethics, and the clinical neurologist
By Lois Margaret NoraThis chapter explores how the disciplines of law and ethics inform and intersect with each other, and how resulting law impacts the everyday work of the clinical neurologist.
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Ethical and Legal Issues in Neurology: Chapter 30. Pragmatic neuroethics: the social aspects of ethics in disorders of consciousness
By Eric RacineIn this chapter, evolution of ethics and bioethics is traced to show how an abstract and individualistic paradigm was at the core of mainstream ethics prior to the advent of bioethics and applied ethics.
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Ethical and Legal Issues in Neurology: Chapter 2. The analysis and resolution of ethical dilemmas
By Robert C. MacauleyPerhaps no other field of medicine illustrates the ethical dilemmas occasioned by the explosion of technology more than neurology.
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Ethical and Legal Issues in Neurology: Chapter 17. Coma and disorders of consciousness
By Steven Laureys, Marie-Aurélie Bruno, Athena DemertziPatients in coma, vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome, and in minimally conscious states pose medical, scientific, and ethical challenges.
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Ethical and Legal Issues in Neurology: Chapter 29. Neurologic disorder and criminal responsibility
By Gideon YaffeStanford Law Rev. 1997;49:1249. Lokhorst GJ. Mens rea, logic, and the brain. In: Freeman M, ed. Law and Neuroscience: Current Legal Issues. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2010. Martell DA. Forensic neuropsychology and the criminal law ...
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Ethical and Legal Issues in Neurology: Chapter 26. The ethics of surgically invasive neuroscience research
By Paul J. Ford, Abhishek DeshpandeThe standard ethical principles and safeguards found in prevailing research ethics should be followed when considering invasive neuroscience research, no matter whether they are physically or metaphorically invasive.
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Ethical and Legal Issues in Neurology: Chapter 13. European perspectives on ethics and law in end-of-life care
By Richard Huxtable, Ralf J. Jox, Ruth J. HornEuropean perspectives on ethics and law in end-of-life care Ralf J. Jox, Ruth J. Horn, Richard Huxtable ... Diagnostic and ethical challenges in disorders of consciousness and lockedin syndrome: a survey of German neurologists.
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Ethical and Legal Issues in Neurology: Chapter 19. Ethical issues in states of impaired communication with intact consciousness and language
By Leo MccluskeyEthical issues in states of impaired communication with intact consciousness and language Leo Mccluskey ... Neurology. 2009;73:805–811. Rhee P, Kuncir EJ, Johnson L, et al. Cervical spine injury is highly dependent on the mechanism of ...
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Ethical and Legal Issues in Neurology: Chapter 4. Legal process, litigation, and judicial decisions
By H. Richard BeresfordThis chapter will consider constitutional doctrines and a sampling of laws and judicial decisions that relate to ethically salient issues in neurologic care. While doctrines and laws of the United States will be featured, ...
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Ethical and Legal Issues in Neurology: Chapter 9. The good doctor: professionalism in the 21st century
By James M. Gordon, Claire J. Creutzfeldt, Amy Y. TsouIn this chapter, we review the history of professionalism, address specific challenges physicians face today, and provide an overview of efforts to address these issues, including behavioral and virtue ethics approaches.
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Ethical and Legal Issues in Neurology: Chapter 12. Withdrawing and withholding life-sustaining treatment
By Thomas I. CochraneThe ethics of decisions to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining therapies are reviewed.