Neuroethics is a new field at the intersection of bioethics and neuroscience. Neuroethics focuses on the ethics of neuroscience research and the numerous ethical issues that emerge in the translation of neuroscience to the clinical and public domains. The Neuroethics Research Unit pursues research to improve healthcare, research practices and public health prevention and information in neurology, psychiatry, and neurosurgery. Various research methods and approaches such as qualitative interviews, content analysis and media studies are used and combined to inform ethical approaches to patient care and research. For example, some research projects bear on end-of-life decision making for critically ill neurological patients while some others examine public understanding of neuroscience and the quality of information available on neurological conditions and frontier neurotechnology through the media.

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Qu'est-ce que la neuroéthique ? (in French only)