Brain Policy: How the New Neuroscience Will Change Our Lives and Our Politics

by Robert H. Blank

Book Overview

Neural grafting, virtual reality, gene therapy, psychotropic drugs As startling new treatments emerge for disorders of the brain, new concerns are arising along with them. In the first book to examine the implications of the full range of revolutionary interventions now possible in the human brain, Robert H. Blank warns that while these new techniques may promise medical wonders, they also raise profound political questions.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878407138
• ISBN13: 9780878407132
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher