Bioethics and the brain [electronic resource] / Walter Glannon

Author: Glannon, Walter
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 235 pages) : illustrations

Access Online

Oxford scholarship online: ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu

Availability

Finding items...

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.

Subject(s)

Brain—Research—Moral and ethical aspects
Neurosciences—Research—Moral and ethical aspects
Medical ethics
Bioethics

ISBN

9780199867431 (ebook)
0199867437 (ebook)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references.

View MARC record | catkey: 28937337