Neuroenhancement in surgeons: Benefits, risks and ethical dilemmas
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Author(s)
Patel, Ronak
Ashcroft, James
Darzi, Ara
Singh, harsimrat
Leff, Daniel
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Mistakes are inevitable in healthcare and surgeons traditionally aim to avoid these through training and surgical technology. Emerging neuroenhancement techniques have demonstrated significant gains in cognitive and motor domains, which could offset the errors seen in surgical practice. We discuss neurostimulation as a neuro-enhancing tool for surgeons and the surrounding ethical issues of its application in healthcare.
Date Issued
2020-04-26
Date Acceptance
2020-02-27
Citation
British Journal of Surgery, 2020, 107 (8), pp.946-950
ISSN
0007-1323
Publisher
Wiley
Start Page
946
End Page
950
Journal / Book Title
British Journal of Surgery
Volume
107
Issue
8
Copyright Statement
© 2020 The Authors. British Journal of Surgery published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of BJS Society Ltd.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Sponsor
National Institute of Health Research
National Institute for Health Research
Identifier
https://bjssjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/bjs.11601
Grant Number
NF SI 061710038
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Surgery
DIRECT-CURRENT STIMULATION
DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX
STRESS
ACQUISITION
ENGAGEMENT
TASK
Surgery
11 Medical and Health Sciences
Date Publish Online
2020-04-26