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Identifier |
000440896 |
Title |
Οι βιοηθικές διαστάσεις της εν τω βάθει εγκεφαλικής διέγερσης |
Alternative Title |
Bioethical issues of deep brain stimulation |
Author
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Ράπτη, Αλέκα
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Thesis advisor
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Δαλέζιος Ιωάννης
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Reviewer
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Βάκης Αντώνιος
Κουκουζέλης Κωνσταντίνος
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Abstract |
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an invasive neurosurgical method. Though an
electrode implantation and electrical stimulation brain areas, it is applied in cases of
neurological and psychiatric diseases that do not respond to medication, producing
positive results (reduction of symptoms and improvement of the quality of life).
Because it interferes with the brain function, responsible for mental abilities and
emotions, it is proposed that DBS can affect and change personality. Data support the
postoperative appearance of changes in patients' behavior and psychological trends.
Neuroethical studies of these changes have not led to a generally accepted view on
the impact of DBS on personality.
We investigated the reasons that prevent a common view and attributed them to
both practical issues (how to measure the changes) and theoretical (related to
concepts such as personality, personal identity and person). Clarifying the above
concepts, we conclude that DBS cannot threaten the regulatory concepts of person
and personality. It is possible to change the empirical meaning of personal identity,
undermining an important moral capacity of the person, the agency. Therefore, the
ethical concern shifts to the risk of agency, but in patients who resort to DBS this is
already deeply compromised due to the existing disorder.
In conclusion, the use of DBS should not raise ethical concerns because properly
applied, it meets the principles of bioethics, as any biomedical achievement ought to,
and may ultimately contribute to enhancing agency and its long-term realization.
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Language |
Greek |
Subject |
Agency |
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Basal ganglia |
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Invasive brain stimulation |
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Personality |
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Αυτουργία |
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Βασικά γάγγλια |
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Επεμβατική εγκεφαλική διέγερση |
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Προσωπικότητα |
Issue date |
2021 |
Collection
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School/Department--School of Philosophy--Department of Philosophy & Social Studies--Post-graduate theses
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Type of Work--Post-graduate theses
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Permanent Link |
https://elocus.lib.uoc.gr//dlib/e/8/8/metadata-dlib-1624870312-103138-1466.tkl
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