Curr Top Behav Neurosci
November 2024
In this chapter, we provide an overview of ethical aspects of psychedelic-assisted treatments in the areas of clinical ethics, research ethics, and at the intersection of psychedelic medicine and society. In contrast to earlier psychedelic research, nowadays medical ethics have been firmly established as a discipline regulating patient-physician relationships which highlight the importance of autonomy, shared decision-making and informed consent in clinical ethics. During and after altered states of consciousness, autonomy is particularly important as participants are in a vulnerable state.
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September 2024
Objectives: Diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) takes more than 1year from detection of first symptoms. The paper seeks to understand the ALS diagnostic process and adjustment from the perspective of informal caregivers.
Methods: The data stems from an interview study with 9 current and 13 bereaved informal caregivers of people with ALS in Switzerland.
Introduction: In vitro or in vivo depletion of alloreactive T cells can facilitate haplo-identical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Very satisfactory transplant outcomes were thus reported for TCRαβ/CD19-depleted hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell (HSPC) grafts. The current semi-automatic manufacturing process on the CliniMACS Plus, although robust, still requires a significant amount of manual labor to be completed.
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