When It Comes to Issues of Identity and Authenticity in DBS, Let Patients Have a Voice
- Source: The Neuroethics Blog
Dec 27, 2016
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an extraordinarily popular topic in neuroethics.
Among the most widely discussed neuroethical issues in the DBS arena are concerns over the effects on patient identity and authenticity. But one perspective that has not been fully represented in the academic literature is that of the patients for whom this is actually their last hope to find a way out of a profound, debilitating and often years-long episode of depression.
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About the Contributor
Ryan Purcell is a postdoctoral fellow at Emory University. He previously worked as an assistant managing editor at the American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience.
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