Ethical and Legal Issues in Neurology

Content: 
Series Page
Page ii

Copyright
Page iv

Handbook of Clinical Neurology 3rd Series
Page v

Foreword
Page vii
Michael J. Aminoff, François Boller, Dick F. Swaab

Preface
Page ix
James L. Bernat, H. Richard Beresford

Contributors
Pages xi-xiii

Chapter 1 - Ethical principles and concepts in medicine
Pages 1-9
Robert M. Taylor

Chapter 2 - The analysis and resolution of ethical dilemmas
Pages 11-23
Robert C. Macauley

Chapter 3 - Ethics committees and consultants
Pages 25-34
C. Christopher Hook, Keith M. Swetz, Paul S. Mueller

Chapter 4 - Legal process, litigation, and judicial decisions
Pages 35-61
H. Richard Beresford

Chapter 5 - Law, ethics, and the clinical neurologist
Pages 63-78
Lois Margaret Nora

Chapter 6 - Religion and medical ethics
Pages 79-89
Ronald M. Green

Chapter 7 - Professional conduct and misconduct
Pages 91-105
Emily B. Rubin

Chapter 8 - Medical error and disclosure
Pages 107-117
Andrew A. White, Thomas H. Gallagher

Chapter 9 - The good doctor: professionalism in the 21st century
Pages 119-132
Amy Y. Tsou, Claire J. Creutzfeldt, James M. Gordon

Chapter 10 - Palliative treatment of chronic neurologic disorders
Pages 133-139
Stefan Lorenzl, Georg Nübling, Klaus Maria Perrar, Raymond Voltz

Chapter 11 - Care of the dying neurologic patient
Pages 141-145
Raymond Voltz, Georg Nübling, Stefan Lorenzl

Chapter 12 - Withdrawing and withholding life-sustaining treatment
Pages 147-153
Thomas I. Cochrane

Chapter 13 - European perspectives on ethics and law in end-of-life care
Pages 155-165
Ralf J. Jox, Ruth J. Horn, Richard Huxtable

Chapter 14 - Medical futility
Pages 167-179
Lawrence J. Schneiderman, Michael De Ridder

Chapter 15 - Assisted suicide and euthanasia
Pages 181-189
Agnes van der Heide

Chapter 16 - Brain death
Pages 191-203
Eelco F.M. Wijdicks

Chapter 17 - Coma and disorders of consciousness
Pages 205-213
Marie-Aurélie Bruno, Steven Laureys, Athena Demertzi

Chapter 18 - Ethical issues in the care of the neurologically devastated infant
Pages 215-224
Tracy K. Koogler

Chapter 19 - Ethical issues in states of impaired communication with intact consciousness and language
Pages 225-231
Leo Mccluskey

Chapter 20 - Ethical issues in the neurology of aging and cognitive decline
Pages 233-242
Eran Klein, Jason Karlawish

Chapter 21 - Ethics in neurodevelopmental disability
Pages 243-263
Eric Racine, Emily Bell, Michael Shevell

Chapter 22 - Ethical issues in neurogenetic disorders
Pages 265-276
Peter B. Kang

Chapter 23 - Public policy and healthcare systems
Pages 277-287
Marc R. Nuwer

Chapter 24 - Research involving human subjects: ethical and regulatory issues
Pages 289-299
Jerry Menikoff

Chapter 25 - The ethics of clinical research in low- and middle-income countries
Pages 301-313
Timothy Lahey

Chapter 26 - The ethics of surgically invasive neuroscience research
Pages 315-321
Paul J. Ford, Abhishek Deshpande

Chapter 27 - The ethics of neuroenhancement
Pages 323-334
Anjan Chatterjee

Chapter 28 - Neuroethical issues in clinical neuroscience research
Pages 335-343
James A. Anderson, Marleen Eijkholt, Judy Illes

Chapter 29 - Neurologic disorder and criminal responsibility
Pages 345-356
Gideon Yaffe

Chapter 30 - Pragmatic neuroethics: the social aspects of ethics in disorders of consciousness
Pages 357-372
Eric Racine

Chapter 31 - The nature of consciousness
Pages 373-407
Adam Zeman, Jan Adriaan Coebergh

Chapter 32 - Dementia and personal identity: implications for decision-making
Pages 409-418
Winston Chiong

Chapter 33 - The definition and criterion of death
Pages 419-435
James L. Bernat

Index
Pages 437-448