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“Currents of Hope”: Neurostimulation Techniques in U.S. and U.K. Print Media

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 May 2007

ERIC RACINE
Affiliation:
Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal, Canada
SARAH WALDMAN
Affiliation:
Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
NICOLE PALMOUR
Affiliation:
Neuroethics Research Unit, Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal, Canada
DAVID RISSE
Affiliation:
Neuroethics Research Unit, Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal, Canada
JUDY ILLES
Affiliation:
Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics and Department of Pediatrics (Medical Genetics), Stanford University, Palo Alto, California

Extract

The application of neurostimulation techniques such as deep brain stimulation (DBS)—often called a brain pacemaker for neurological conditions like Parkinson's disease (PD)—has generated “currents of hope.” Building on this hope, there is significant interest in applying neurostimulation to psychiatric disorders such as major depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). These emerging neurosurgical practices raise a number of important ethical and social questions in matters of resource allocation, informed consent for vulnerable populations, and commercialization of research.The authors acknowledge the help of Dr. Jarrett Rosenberg, Ofek Bar-Ilan, Stacey Kallem, Allyson Mackey, and Cynthia Forlini. This study was supported by the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (E.R.), SSHRC (E.R.), and NIH/NINDS R01 #NS045831 (J.I.)

Type
SPECIAL SECTION: TECHNOLOGY AND THE BODY: LINKING LIFE AND TECHNOLOGY
Copyright
© 2007 Cambridge University Press

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