The Locked-in Syndrome: Perspectives from Ethics, History, and Phenomenology

AbstractThe existential situation of persons who suffer from the locked-in syndrome (LIS) raises manifold issues significant to medical anthropology, phenomenology, biomedical ethics, and neuroethics that have not yet been systematically explored. The present special issue ofNeuroethics illustrates the joint effort of a consolidating network of scholars from various disciplines in Europe, North America and Japan to go in that direction, and to explore LIS beyond clinical studies and quality of life assessments.
Source: Neuroethics - Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research