"Brain Policy" makes the key facts from the technical literature readily accessible to social scientists and general readers and points out the implications for our society. Blank first explains the structure and function of the nervous system and current theories of brain operation; he then assesses the uses and potential abuses of various intervention techniques. He identifies the public policy issues raised by discoveries in the neurosciences and calls for intensified scrutiny of the advantages and disadvantages of new technologies.
- ISBN10 087840712X
- ISBN13 9780878407125
- Publish Date 11 February 1999 (first published 1 February 1999)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 1 August 2008
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Georgetown University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English