Submitted by jeh2015 on October 2, 2020 - 5:58pm
| Title | Constructive Disappointment and Disbelief: Building a Career in Neuroethics. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2018 |
| Authors | Fins, Joseph J. |
| Journal | Camb Q Healthc Ethics |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pagination | 544-553 |
| Date Published | 2018 10 |
| ISSN | 1469-2147 |
| Keywords | Bioethical Issues, Consciousness, Death, Ethicists, Ethics, Clinical, History, 20th Century, History, 21st Century, Humans, Neurosciences, Persistent Vegetative State, Terminal Care |
| Abstract | Sometimes one's greatest academic disappointments can have unexpected outcomes. This is especially true when one is trying to change career trajectories or do something that others did not take seriously. My path into neuroethics was an unexpected journey catalyzed in part by constructive disappointment and the disbelief of colleagues who thought that the work I was pursuing nearly two decades prior was a fool's errand. After all, could anyone-in his or her right mind-ever conceive of waking up a person unconscious from brain injury and getting him to speak? 1. |
| DOI | 10.1017/S0963180118000063 |
| Alternate Journal | Camb Q Healthc Ethics |
| PubMed ID | 30198463 |