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Deviancy, Dependency, and Disability: The Forgotten History of Eugenics and Mass Incarceration [PDF]

, 2015
Three widely discussed explanations of the punitive carceral state are racism, harsh drug laws, and prosecutorial overreach. These three narratives, however, only partially explain how our correctional system expanded to its current overcrowded state ...
Riseby, Emil, Svensson, Alexander
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Status ontyczny osoby z perspektywy neuronauk (The ontological status of a person from the perspective of neurosciences) [PDF]

Analiza i Egzystencja, 2010
Contemporary inquiry of the ontological status of a person is a matter of both philosophy and neurosciences. This article examines the question of person ontology from two interconnected perspectives.
Józef Bremer
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Deep brain stimulation in the media: over-optimistic portrayals call for a new strategy involving journalists and scientists in ethical debates.

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 2011
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is optimistically portrayed in contemporary media. This already happened with psychosurgery during the first half of the 20th century.
Frédéric eGilbert, Daniela eOvadia, Daniela eOvadia   +2 more
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Stereotactic Neurosurgical Treatment of Addiction: Minimizing the Chances of Another 'Great and Desperate Cure' [PDF]

, 2006
Over the past 4 years Russian and Chinese surgeons have used neurosurgical procedures to treat heroin addiction. 305 were reportedly operated on in Russia and over 500 in China before the procedure was stopped by the Russian and Chinese governments in ...
Hall, Wayne D.
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Ethical issues in deep brain stimulation

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 2011
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is currently used to treat neurological disorders like Parkinson’s disease (PD), essential tremor and dystonia, and is explored as an experimental treatment for psychiatric disorders like Major Depression (MD) and Obsessive ...
Maartje eSchermer
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Post-lobotomy epilepsy illustrated by the story of Ellinor Hamsun, the daughter of the famous Norwegian author Knut Hamsun

Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports, 2017
In Scandinavia, at least 11.500 people were lobotomized in the period 1939–1983. Beside grave personality changes, the surgery caused epilepsy in 10–35% of the patients. Moreover, many died due to perioperative bleedings, convulsive status epilepticus or
Mia Tuft, Karl O. Nakken
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Experimental Neurosurgery [PDF]

, 1973
In July 1973, a three-judge Circuit Corut for Wayne County Mich., ruled that experimental psychosurgery could not be performed on any person involuntarily detained in state mental institutions, even if consent were given to the experiment (Kaimowitz v ...
Allen, Francis A., Burt, Robert A.
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An Interview with Dr. Daniel Callahan, Bioethics Pioneer

Voices in Bioethics, 2016
Daniel Callahan, PhD, is an internationally recognized thought leader in bioethics. A philosopher by training, Callahan co-founded the Hastings Center, a nonpartisan bioethics research institution, in 1969, and has contributed prolifically to the field ...
Voices in Bioethics
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The History of Lobotomies: Examining its Impacts on Marginalized Groups and the Development of Psychosurgery [PDF]

, 2020
Frontal lobotomies, which are defined as the lesioning of the frontal lobe from the rest of the brain, were performed extensively from the 1930s to the 1960s in Europe and the United States, significantly impacting psychology and psychosurgery.
Godin, Simon, LeBlanc, Brett
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Contemporary psychosurgery: Deep brain stimulation for the treatment of refractory depression

Zdravniški Vestnik, 2010
The aim of this review is to present the use of deep brain stimulation in the treatment of resistant depression and to summarize the available clinical data stemming from this area.
Matej Markota, Andrej Vranič, Mara Bresjanac   +2 more
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