Research
Do health professionals have a prototype concept of disease? The answer is no
Published on: 11 September 2017
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Commentary
Context and scale: Distinctions for improving debates about physician “rationing”
Published on: 29 August 2017
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Commentary
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Research
Developing an informational tool for ethical engagement in medical tourism
Published on: 25 August 2017
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Editorial
A four-part working bibliography of neuroethics: Part 4 - Ethical issues in clinical and social applications of neuroscience
Published on: 31 May 2017
The Erratum to this article has been published in Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 2017 12:2
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Review
Are animal models predictive for humans?
Published on: 15 January 2009
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Review
Ethical pharmaceutical promotion and communications worldwide: codes and regulations
Published on: 29 March 2014
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Defining mental disorder. Exploring the 'natural function' approach
Published on: 21 January 2011
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Aims and scope
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Editors' profile
Prof James Giordano, Editor-in-Chief
James Giordano PhD, MPhil, is Chief of the Neuroethics Studies Program of the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, Professor of Neurology, and Co-director of the O'Neill-Pellegrino Program in Brain Science and Global Health Law and Policy at Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA. He serves as an appointed member of the Neuroethics, Legal and Social Issues Advisory Panel of the United States' Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and is Senior Science Advisory Fellow of the Strategic Multilevel Analysis branch of the Joint Staff of the Pentagon. As well, he is Visiting Professor of Neurotechnology and Neuroethics at the Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts (Coburg, Germany), and was formerly JW Fulbright Visiting Professor of Neuroscience and Neuroethics at the Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.
The author of over 200 publications in neuroscience, neuroethics and neurophilosophy, his recent books include Neurotechnology: Premises, Potential and Problems; Neurotechnology in National Security and Defense: Practical Considerations, Neuroethical Concerns; and Scientific and Philosophical Perspectives in Neuroethics (with Bert Gordijn). His ongoing research focuses upon the mechanisms of neuropsychiatric disorders, neural bases of moral cognition and behavior, and the neuroethical issues arising from the use of neuroscience and neurotechnology in research, medicine, public life, and national security and defense.
Prof G. Kevin Donovan, Editor-in-Chief
Dr Donovan is the Director of the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown University Medical School, and a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics. He is a clinician ethicist with over 25 years’ experience in the field.
Dr Donovan received the Founder's Award for Outstanding Contributions to Research and Medicine from the University of Tulsa, an award sponsored by the Oklahoma chapter of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America. He has been listed in Who's Who in the World, as well as Best Doctors in America, and Top Doctors in America.
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