Biomedical Enhancement - Ethics
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Personal identity, enhancement and neurosurgery: a qualitative study in applied neuroethics.

29 Jun 2009 Recent developments in the field of neurosurgery, specifically those dealing with the modification of mood and affect as part of psychiatric disease, have led some researchers to discuss the ethical implications of surgery to alter personality and ... Read more...

Autonomy and authenticity of enhanced personality traits.

29 Jun 2009 There is concern that the use of neuroenhancements to alter character traits undermines consumer's authenticity. But the meaning, scope and value of authenticity remain vague. However, the majority of contemporary autonomy accounts ground individual ... Read more...

Cognitive enhancement: methods, ethics, regulatory challenges.

17 Jun 2009 Cognitive enhancement takes many and diverse forms. Various methods of cognitive enhancement have implications for the near future. At the same time, these technologies raise a range of ethical issues. For example, they interact with notions of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Biomedical Enhancement - Ethics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Personal identity, enhancement and neurosurgery: a qualitative study in applied neuroethics. 29 Jun 2009
• Autonomy and authenticity of enhanced personality traits. 29 Jun 2009
• Drilling down in neuroethics. 29 Jun 2009
• Cognitive enhancement: methods, ethics, regulatory challenges. 17 Jun 2009
• Enhancement and human nature: the case of Sandel. 30 May 2009
• Philosophical and ethical issues at the forefront of neuroscience and genetics: an overview for psychiatrists. 30 May 2009
• [Therapeutic and cosmetic psychopharmacology. Risks and limits] 29 Apr 2009
• [Some remarks on the protection of human embryo in the Spanish law] 29 Apr 2009
• Unintended benefits arising from cell-based interventions for neurological conditions. 29 Apr 2009
• Science and socially responsible freedom: commentary on "Cognitive enhancement: methods, ethics, regulatory challenges". 26 Apr 2009
• Brain gain: the underground world of neuroenhancing drugs. 25 Apr 2009
• Human nature and enhancement. 27 Feb 2009
• Much ado about cognitive enhancement. 27 Jan 2009
• A medical view of potential adverse effects. 27 Jan 2009
• Making all the children above average: ethical and regulatory concerns for pediatricians in pediatric enhancement research. 19 Jan 2009
• Anticipating the anti-ageing pill. Lessons from the history of the oral contraceptive pill and hormone replacement therapy. 14 Jan 2009
• Enhancing the fighting force: medical research on American soldiers. 30 Dec 2008
• Going out on a limb: prosthetics, normalcy and disputing the therapy/enhancement distinction. 15 Jul 2008
• The illiberality of perfectionist enhancement. 29 Jun 2008
• Altering the brain and mind. 29 Jun 2008

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Technical information about 'Biomedical Enhancement'

Definition: The use of technology-based interventions to improve functional capacities rather than to treat disease.

Descriptor UI: D024803

Alternative terms: Biomedical Enhancement; Biomedical Enhancements; Enhancements, Biomedical; Enhancement, Biomedical; Enhancement Technologies; Enhancement Technology; Technologies, Enhancement; Technology, Enhancement;

Allowable Qualifiers: economics; ethics; history; methods; statistics & numerical data; standards;

Tree Number: E05.104; J01.897.115.250;

History Note: 2002