The ethics of psychedelic research in disorders of consciousness
Neuroscience of Consciousness January 1, 2019 Andrew Peterson, Enzo Tagliazucchi, Charles Weijer 25 citations
An ethical analysis of proposed psychedelic research with patients who have disorders of consciousness, using the Value-Validity Framework and Component Analysis, finds that the approach by Scott and Carhart-Harris is ethically permissible under certain conditions. The frameworks applied are also relevant for evaluating other novel consciousness research protocols.