Bioethics and the brain

Glannon, Walter.

Bioethics and the brain [electronic resource] / Walter Glannon. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007. - 1 online resource (viii, 235 p.) : ill. - Oxford scholarship online. .

Includes bibliographical references.

Using a philosophical framework that is informed by neuroscience as well as contemporary legal cases such as Terri Schiavo, this text offers readers an introduction to this topic. It looks at the ethical implications of our knowledge of the brain and medical treatments for neurological diseases.

Issued as part of Oxford scholarship online.

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Brain--Research--Moral and ethical aspects.
Neurosciences--Research--Moral and ethical aspects.
Medical ethics.
Bioethics.

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