From a Neuroscience of Pain to a Neuroethics of Care.ARLINGTON Arlington, county, United States Arlington, county (1990 pop. 170,936), N Va., across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. Arlington is a residential and commercial suburb of Washington. , Va. -- Science now offers us ever more advanced ways to understand and control pain. But with those new treatments come new questions about the use (and misuse) of state-of-the-art technology and how far pain management can and should go. Is pain a symptom symptom /symp·tom/ (simp´tom) any subjective evidence of disease or of a patient's condition, i.e., such evidence as perceived by the patient; a change in a patient's condition indicative of some bodily or mental state. or a disease? How much pain should be relieved? Can reducing pain be inappropriate or detrimental det·ri·men·tal adj. Causing damage or harm; injurious. det  ri·men ? Can technologies capable of scanning the
brain tell us whether a patient is really experiencing pain? And what
questions arise in confronting (and treating) pain in animals and other
non-human beings?
On November November: see month. 13, the Center for Neurotechnology Studies at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies will present the lecture "From a Neuroscience neu·ro·sci·ence n. Any of the sciences, such as neuroanatomy and neurobiology, that deal with the nervous system. neuroscience the embryology, anatomy, physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology of the nervous system. of Pain to a Neuroethics of Care" by Prof. James Giordano, internationally known for his work on the neuroscience and neuroethics of pain. The program will address the neuroscientific progress achieved during the Congressionally-designated Decade of Pain Control and Research, and discuss the ethical implications of this knowledge for medicine, and society at large. Researchers are now looking ahead to a Decade of the Mind, and this lecture raises questions about whether what we know about pain will both guide and be guided by what we seek to learn about the mind, and the nature of self and others. What: CCNELSI Lecture: "From a Neuroscience of Pain to a Neuroethics of Care" Who: James Giordano, Ph.D. Where: Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, 901 North Stuart Street, Suite 200, Arlington, VA, 22203 When: November 13, 2009, 3:30 - 6:00 pm More info: www.ccnelsi.com The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies is an independent, 501(c)(3), not-for-profit Not-for-profit An organization established for charitable, humanitarian, or educational purposes that is exempt from some taxes and in which no one in profits or losses. public policy research institute. The Institute identifies and aggressively shepherds discussion on key science, technology, and national security issues facing our society. From these discussions and forums, we develop meaningful policy options and ensure their implementation at the intersection intersection /in·ter·sec·tion/ (-sek´shun) a site at which one structure crosses another. intersection a site at which one structure crosses another. of business and government. |
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