Tag: ethics

Episode 4: Potential benefits offered by robotics must be factored into...

 In the fourth and final instalment of a NeuroNews video series, Jeffrey Saver (University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA)...

Episode 3: Is patient harm the most significant ethical challenge in...

Jeffrey Saver (University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA) details what he feels is the “greatest concern” when it comes...

Episode 2: Why conflicts of interest may pose problems for neurointerventionists...

 Jeffrey Saver (University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA) highlights financial benefits, the phenomenon of ‘training time bias’, and a...

Episode 1: Informed patient consent and other pressing ethical issues in...

In the first instalment of a four-part video series on NeuroNews, Jeffrey Saver (University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA)...
paediatric deep brain stimulation

Patient assent and lack of evidence among key ethical concerns identified...

A study intended to gain insight into prevailing ethical issues surrounding the use of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)...
remote stroke interventions

SNIS 2021: Remote stroke interventions raise several unique ethical challenges

At the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery’s 18th annual meeting (SNIS; July 26–29 2021, Colorado Springs, USA and virtual), Jeffrey Saver, professor of Neurology at...