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ArticleJournal of bioethical inquiry2024

Brain-Computer Interfaces, Completely Locked-In State in Neurodegenerative Diseases, and End-of-Life Decisions.

Christopher Poppe, Bernice S Elger

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Article in Journal of bioethical inquiry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christopher PoppeInstitute for Biomedical Ethics, University of Basel, Bernoullistr. 28, 4056, Basel, Switzerland. christopher.poppe@unibas.ch.ORCID 0000-0002-1267-6580
Bernice S ElgerInstitute for Biomedical Ethics, University of Basel, Bernoullistr. 28, 4056, Basel, Switzerland.
University of Basel · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the future, policies surrounding end-of-life decisions will be faced with the question of whether competent people in a completely locked-in state should be enabled to make end-of-life decisions via brain-computer interfaces (BCI). This article raises ethical issues with acting through BCIs in the context of these decisions, specifically self-administration requirements within assisted suicide policies. We argue that enabling patients to end their life even once they have entered completely locked-in state might, paradoxically, prolong and uphold their quality of life.

Indexed as

Brain-Computer InterfacesDecision MakingNeurodegenerative DiseasesQuality of LifeTerminal CareHumansLocked-In SyndromeMental CompetencySuicide, AssistedALSAssisted suicideBraincomputer interfacesEnd of lifeLocked-in stateWithdrawing treatment

Identifiers

PMID37466825
PMCPMC11052847
OpenAlexW4384664626

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