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The neuroethics of biomarkers : what the development of bioprediction means for moral responsibility, justice, and the nature of mental disorder / Matthew L. Baum.
Holman Biotech Commons RC455.4.B5 B38 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baum, Matthew L., author.
- Series:
- Series in neuroscience, law, and philosophy
- Oxford series in neuroscience, law, and philosophy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mental illness--Diagnosis--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Mental illness.
- Biochemical markers--Diagnostic use--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Biochemical markers.
- Mental Disorders--diagnosis.
- Bioethical Issues.
- Biomarkers.
- Risk Assessment.
- Mental illness--Diagnosis.
- Medical Subjects:
- Mental Disorders--diagnosis.
- Bioethical Issues.
- Biomarkers.
- Risk Assessment.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 206 pages ; 25 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Contents:
- The biomedical promise of biomarkers
- Bioprediction of brain disorder : definitions and scope
- "There is more light here" : re-illuminating the categories of mental
- The probability dysfunction
- The practical ethics of predictive markers in diagnosis : can risk banding address the ethical controversy surrounding "psychosis risk syndrome" and "preclinical Alzheimer's disease"?
- Enhanced responsibility : foreseeability and new obligations to others
- Reduced responsibility : distinguishing conditions in which biomarkers properly reduce legal responsibility
- Bioprediction and priority
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780190236267
- 0190236264
- OCLC:
- 923139202
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