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Implanted Minds The Neuroethics of Intracerebral Stem Cell Transplantation and Deep Brain Stimulation Heiner Fangerau, Jörg M. Fegert, Thorsten Trapp
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Science studies (Bielefeld, Germany)
- Science Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Neuroethics.
- Deep Brain Stimulation.
- Regenerative Medicine.
- Stem Cells.
- Medicine.
- Ethics.
- Life.
- Medical Ethics.
- Bioethics.
- Sociology.
- Local Subjects:
- Neuroethics.
- Deep Brain Stimulation.
- Regenerative Medicine.
- Stem Cells.
- Medicine.
- Ethics.
- Life.
- Medical Ethics.
- Bioethics.
- Sociology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (317 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Fangerau et al. (eds.), Implanted Minds The Neuroethics of Intracerebral Stem Cell Transplantation and Deep Brain Stimulation
- Place of Publication:
- Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2014
- Language Note:
- English
- Biography/History:
- Heiner Fangerau (Prof. Dr. med., Dr. h.c. ML) is university professor for history, theory and ethics of medicine at the Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf.
- Jörg M. Fegert (Prof. Dr.) is director of the Department for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ulm University, Germany.
- Thorsten Trapp (Dr.) is senior researcher at the Institute of Transplantation Diagnostics and Cell Therapeutics, Düsseldorf University, Germany.
- Summary:
- Intracerebral interventions raise particular ethical issues. For instance, attempts at replacing lost or altered brain cells with the help of stem cells or the therapeutic application of Deep Brain Stimulation would have morally relevant implications. Many medically relevant questions and ethical concerns need to be clarified before these intracerebral interventions can become routine procedure: If the brain is conceived as the carrier of an individual's personality or of the self then operations on the brain can be seen as intrusions upon one's personality. The book addresses historical, philosophical, social and legal implications of these new developments in the neurosciences and aims at resolving some of the dilemmas that go hand in hand with »implanted minds«.
- Contents:
- 1 CONTENTS 5 Introduction 7 Brain, Mind and Regenerative Medicine: Ethical Uncertainties and the Paradox of their Technical Fix 15 Can Intracerebral Interventions Change our Self? - Neuroethical Implications of Ontological Assumptions 31 Parfit's Concept of Personal Identity and its Implications for Intercerebral Stem Cell Transplants 45 Changes in Personality: Possible Hazards Arising from Stem Cell Grafts - An Ethical and Philosophical Approach 57 Establishing Regenerative Medicine for the Human Brain: Ethical Aspects of Intracerebral Stem Cell Transplantation 91 Experimenting Innovative Cell Therapies for Parkinson's Disease: A View from Ethics 107 Coping and Expectations of Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 123 Deep Brain Stimulation in Psychiatric Disorders 137 The Essential Tension: On Ethical and Historical Conundrums in the Trajectories of Deep Brain Stimulation 151 Changes in Personality: Possible Hazards Arising from Chronic Implantation of Electrostimulation Devices such as Deep Brain Stimulation Systems (DBS) or Advanced Electronic Neuroprostheses 183 Personality Changes through Deep Brain Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus in Parkinsonian Patients - An Ethical Discussion 223 Manipulating the Brain - An Ethical Challenge? Lessons from Deep Brain Stimulation in Movement Disorders 251 Questions on Deep Brain Stimulation on Children and Juveniles with Neuropsychiatric Disorders with Extremely Adverse Course 281 Traditional vs. Modern Neuroenhancement: Notes from a Medico-ethical and Societal Perspective 291 CONTRIBUTORS 313
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
- ISBN:
- 9783839414330
- 3839414334
- OCLC:
- 979892101
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