Intervention in the Brain

Intervention in the Brain is a timely contribution that integrates findings from neuroscience into the realm of public policy. This is a very important topic, and one that merits substantive insight from practitioners who can integrate the work from disparate disciplines. Robert Blank is particularly well-positioned to make this contribution, having essentially invented the field with his previous book Brain Policy.

Peter B. Reiner, Professor, National Core for Neuroethics, University of British Columbia

From the author of the groundbreaking Brain Policy, Robert Blank's Intervention in the Brain is a well-informed, lucid, and thoroughly engaging discussion of the ethical, social, and political implications of the new neuroscience. It is an essential guide for anyone interested in how intervening in the brain can affect our lives.

Walter Glannon, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Calgary

Robert Blank meticulously examines and interprets the political ramifications of advances in neuroscience in a manner that is accessible to lay readers (including non-clinicians, non-scientists, non-lawyers, and non-ethicists) but will also be interesting to others who write and think about issues in neuroethics and neurolaw for professional or academic reasons.

Stacey Tovino, Lincy Professor of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Robert Blank reminds us that it is imperative to consider the ethical issues surrounding direct brain interventions. We are obligated to think fast. Many patients today with neurologic and psychiatric disease are resistant to current therapies. Such patients may be candidates for recently developed, neuromodulatory techniques, such as deep brain stimulation. Blank's book is a strong contribution to the ethics discussion.

Casey H. Halpern, MD, Chief Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania

For social work educators, Blank's book can serve as an excellent supporting text to teach the neuroethics and neuropolicy aspects of behavioral neuroscience to graduate-level social workers.

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