The Surgeon
Volume 8, Issue 5 , Pages 267-269 , October 2010

Brain-machine interface: The challenge of neuroethics

  • Andreas K. Demetriades

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, King’s College Hospital, London SE5 9RS, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 (0)2032999000x5155.
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  • Christina K. Demetriades

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, King’s College Hospital, London SE5 9RS, UK
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  • Colin Watts

      Affiliations

    • Academic Neurosurgery Unit, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK
    • ,
  • Keyoumars Ashkan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, King’s College Hospital, London SE5 9RS, UK

Received 29 March 2010 ,Accepted 21 May 2010.

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PII: S1479-666X(10)00150-2

doi: 10.1016/j.surge.2010.05.006

The Surgeon
Volume 8, Issue 5 , Pages 267-269 , October 2010

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