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Ethical Questions in Brain and Behavior

Problems and Opportunities

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  • © 1983

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Editors:
  1. Donald W. Pfaff

    1. Laboratory of Neurobiology and Behavior, The Rockefeller University, New York, USA

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introductory Remarks

    1. Introductory Remarks

      • Fred Rum, Donald Pfaff
      Pages 1-8

  3. Special Ethical Problems in Dealing with Neural and Behavioral Disorders

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Making and Using Psychiatric Diagnoses: Ethical Issues

      • Jean Endicott
      Pages 11-22

    3. Problems of Informed Consent with the Cognitively Impaired

      • Ruth Macklin
      Pages 23-40

    4. Treatment Refusals: Autonomy, Paternalism, and the “Best Interest” of the Patient

      • Ruth Macklin
      Pages 41-56

    5. Ethical Considerations in the Care of Unconscious Patients

      • David E. Levy
      Pages 57-72

    6. Legal Aspects of Ethics in the Neural and Behavioral Sciences

      • H. Richard Beresford
      Pages 73-88

  4. Studies of the Biology and Neurology of Behavior: Implications for Ethics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89
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    2. Out with the “Old” and in with the “New”—The Evolution and Refinement of Sociobiological Theory

      • Arthur L. Caplan
      Pages 91-109

    3. Some Paradoxical Goals of Cells and Organisms: The Role of the MHC

      • Jerram L. Brown
      Pages 111-124

    4. Motives and Metaphors in Considerations of Animal Nature

      • Colin Beer
      Pages 125-140

    5. Neurobiological Origins of Human Values

      • Donald W. Pfaff
      Pages 141-151

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 153-158
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Keywords

Editors and Affiliations

  • Laboratory of Neurobiology and Behavior, The Rockefeller University, New York, USA

    Donald W. Pfaff

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ethical Questions in Brain and Behavior

  • Book Subtitle: Problems and Opportunities

  • Editors: Donald W. Pfaff

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5590-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1983

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-5592-5Published: 05 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-5590-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 158

  • Topics: Theory of Medicine/Bioethics, Zoology

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