Ethical Issues in Neurology includes entirely new content on the resolution of ethical dilemmas in practice and a thoughtful exploration of ethical issues in neuroscience research.

Ethical Issues in Neurology features:

• features outstanding presentations on dying and palliative care
• physician-assisted suicide and voluntary active euthanasia
• medical futility
• the relationship between ethics and the law.

Contents

The Theory and Practice of Clinical Ethics

1. Ethical Theory
2. Ethical Practice
3. Professional Ethics and Professionalism
4. Clinical Ethics and the Law
5. The Hospital Ethics Committee and the Ethics Consultant
6. Resolving Ethical Dilemmas

Ethical Issues in Death and Dying

7. Dying and Palliative Care
8. Refusal of Life-Sustaining Treatment
9. Physician-Assisted Suicide and Voluntary Active Euthanasia
10. Medical Futility

Ethical Issues in Neurological Syndromes

11. Brain Death
12. Disorders of Consciousness
13. Severe Neurological Disorders in Neonates
14. States of Paralysis with Intact Cognition
15. Dementia
16. Mental Retardation
17. Neurogenetic Testing and Treatment
18. HIV and AIDS

Ethical Issues in Research

19. Clinical Research
20. Neuroethics

Index

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