{"title":"The new era of neuromodulation.","authors":"Marwan Hariz, Jordan P Amadio","doi":"10.1001/virtualmentor.2015.17.01.oped2-1501","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Deep brain stimulation (DBS) for enhancements of non-disease states is ethically indefensible given our incomplete knowledge of this technology. Attention should instead be focused on increasing access to DBS for patients with illnesses potentially treatable by the procedure.","PeriodicalId":75209,"journal":{"name":"The virtual mentor : VM","volume":"17 1","pages":"74-81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The virtual mentor : VM","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1001/virtualmentor.2015.17.01.oped2-1501","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) for enhancements of non-disease states is ethically indefensible given our incomplete knowledge of this technology. Attention should instead be focused on increasing access to DBS for patients with illnesses potentially treatable by the procedure.