Disagreements with implications: diverging discourses on the ethics of non-medical use of methylphenidate for performance enhancement
BMC Medical EthicsPublished 6 July 2009Open access
Cynthia Forlini, Éric Racine
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A variety of perspectives regarding ethical, legal and social issues related to the non-medical use of MPH for performance enhancement and its impact upon social practices and institutions are found.
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Some positive portrayals of the non-medical use of MPH for performance enhancement in the print media and bioethics discourses could entice further uses. Medicine and society need to prepare for more prevalent non-medical uses of neuropharmaceuticals by fostering better informed public debates.
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