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Francis X. Shen

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  • Bioethics

    New Portable MRI Revolutionizing Brain Research Demands Ethical and Legal Innovation

    by Francis X. Shen, Susan M. Wolf, and Frances Lawrenz The advent of highly portable MRI will transform brain research, but urgently requires ethical and legal guidance. Rather than participants traveling to the MRI scanner,…

    New Portable MRI Revolutionizing Brain Research Demands Ethical and Legal Innovation

  • Bioethics

    Emotional Harm as “Bodily Injury” in the Law – and in the Brain

    By Francis X. Shen Earlier this month the Supreme Court of New South Wales ruled that an individual who experienced post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as the result of an airplane crash could recover damages under…

    Emotional Harm as “Bodily Injury” in the Law – and in the Brain