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Correspondence
Nature 435, 17 (5 May 2005) | doi:10.1038/435017a; Published online 4 May 2005
Guidelines reduce the risk of brain-scan shock
John D. Pickard1 & Jonathan H. Gillard1
- Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre, University of Cambridge, Box 65, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK
Abstract
Responsibility for research is separate from a centre's duty of care to MRI volunteers.
Your News story "Brain-scan ethics come under the spotlight" (Nature 433, 185; 2005) raises an important issue, which the Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre (WBIC) has addressed over the past decade as part of a clinical research programme that includes normal volunteers.This policy was designed to avoid the distressing scenario highlighted by a previous correspondent ("How volunteering for an MRI scan changed my life" Nature 434, 17; 200510.1038/434017a
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