Adrian Carter, Wayne Hall

Addiction Neuroethics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Addresses the social and ethical challenges raised by the promise of neuroscience to revolutionise the treatment of addiction.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 366
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 682g
• ISBN-13: 9781107003248
• ISBN-10: 1107003245
• Artikelnr.: 33765505

Autorenporträt

Adrian Carter is NHMRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Addiction Neuroethics Unit, University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Brisbane, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction
2. What is addiction?
3. The neurobiology of addiction
4. Neurobiological treatments of addiction
5. Autonomy, addiction and the public good
6. Autonomy and the capacity to consent to addiction treatment
7. The rights of individuals treated for drug, alcohol and tobacco addiction
8. Coerced treatment of addiction
9. Ethics of addiction research
10. New developments in the treatment of addiction
11. In search of a neurobiological 'cure' of addiction
12. Preventing addiction and personalised addiction treatment
13. Feeling 'better than well'
14. The implications of addiction neurobiology for public policy
15. Concluding remarks
Index.