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Sliding "off" the sliding scale: allowing hope, determining capacity, and providing meaning when an illness is becoming worse but a treatment may help.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20866014     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
In this issue of The Journal of Clinical Ethics, Emily Bell and Eric Racine are guest editors of a special section focusing on the use of deep brain stimulation (DBS) to treat Parkinson's disease. In "Deep Brain Stimulation, Ethics, and Society," Bell and Racine report that DBS already has been used to treat more than 50,000 patients. The ethical issues raised in this special section are important not only in regard to Parkinson's disease and DBS, but in many areas of medicine. The articles discuss sound, state-of-the-art ethical approaches. This introduction to the issue presents approaches that are adjunctive and intended to increase careproviders' options, that should increase careproviders' ability to individualize the care that they provide to their patients.
Authors:
Edmund G Howe
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Introductory Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of clinical ethics     Volume:  21     ISSN:  1046-7890     ISO Abbreviation:  J Clin Ethics     Publication Date:  2010  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-09-27     Completed Date:  2010-10-20     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9114645     Medline TA:  J Clin Ethics     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  91-100     Citation Subset:  E; IM    
Affiliation:
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Anger
Anxiety / etiology
Deep Brain Stimulation / adverse effects,  ethics*
Dementia / etiology
Depression / etiology
Emotions
Humans
Informed Consent / psychology*
Interpersonal Relations*
Memory Disorders / etiology
Mental Competency*
Parkinson Disease / psychology*,  therapy*
Personal Autonomy
Personality
Truth Disclosure*

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