Neuroethical issues in adopting brain imaging for personalized chronic pain management: Attitudes of people with lived experience of chronic pain
We surveyed Canadian adults with #chronicpain about their attitudes toward the use of brain imaging to detect and treat chronic pain.
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We surveyed Canadian adults with #chronicpain about their attitudes toward the use of brain imaging to detect and treat chronic pain.
#bioethics
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What did we find?
- Over 90% were open to using brain imaging for dx, prediction, and tx decision-making
- Over half felt that a brain scan would give them ⬆️ confidence in their dx and tx plans & that healthcare providers would be more likely to believe them ...
- 40% were concerned about privacy and brain scan use against them by their employers/insurers
- 80% disagreed that their pain is only real if seen in a brain scan 🧠
https://journals.lww.com/painrpts/fulltext/2019/08000/neuroimaging_based_biomarkers_for_pain__state_of.21.aspx
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41582-020-0362-2
https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-medicine/fulltext/S2666-3791(24)00531-7