Research Fellow in Applied Moral Philosophy,The Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford,UK.
Professor of Neurosurgery,The Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford,UK.
Br J Psychiatry. 2019 Mar;214(3):133-136. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2018.200.
Under the current Mental Health Act of England and Wales, it is lawful to perform deep brain stimulation in the absence of consent and independent approval. We argue against the Care Quality Commission's preferred strategy of addressing this problematic issue, and offer recommendations for deep brain stimulation-specific provisions in a revised Mental Health Act.Declaration of interestT.A. is a paid consultant for Boston Scientific, Medtronic and St. Jude Medical. He has received honoraria from Abbott, Boston and Medtronics and served as consultant to all three.
根据现行的《英格兰和威尔士精神卫生法案》,在未经同意和独立批准的情况下,可以合法进行深部脑刺激。我们反对医疗保健质量委员会提出的解决这一问题的首选策略,并就修订后的《精神卫生法案》中关于深部脑刺激的具体条款提出建议。利益声明 T.A. 是 Boston Scientific、Medtronic 和 St. Jude Medical 的付费顾问。他曾从 Abbott、Boston 和 Medtronics 获得过酬金,并曾为这三家公司担任过顾问。