Bioethics and the brain [electronic resource] / Walter Glannon.

By:

Glannon, Walter

Contributor(s):

Oxford University Press

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Oxford scholarship onlinePublication details: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 235 p.) : illISBN:

9780199867431 (ebook) :
0199867437 (ebook) :

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Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:

174.2'968 22

LOC classification:

RC343

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Summary: 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.

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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.