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The Legal Implications of Detecting Alzheimer’s Disease Earlier

Overview of attention for article published in The AMA Journal of Ethic, December 2016
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Title
The Legal Implications of Detecting Alzheimer’s Disease Earlier
Published in
The AMA Journal of Ethic, December 2016
DOI 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.hlaw1-1612
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Authors

Joshua Preston, Jaleh McTeigue, Caitlin Opperman, Jordan Dean Scott Krieg, Mikaela Brandt-Fontaine, Alina Yasis, Francis X Shen

Abstract

Early detection of Alzheimer's disease (AD) raises a number of challenging legal questions. In this essay, we explore some of those questions, such as: Is a neurological indicator of increased risk for AD a legally relevant brain state before there are any outward behavioral manifestations? How should courts address evidentiary challenges to the admissibility of AD-related neuroimaging? How should the government regulate the marketing of neuroimaging diagnostic tools? How should insurance coverage for the use of these new tools be optimized? We suggest that many voices and multidisciplinary perspectives are needed to answer these questions and ensure that legal responses are swift, efficient, and equitable.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 25 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 7 28%
Other 4 16%
Student > Master 4 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 8%
Lecturer 1 4%
Other 2 8%
Unknown 5 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 6 24%
Neuroscience 4 16%
Psychology 3 12%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 8%
Social Sciences 1 4%
Other 1 4%
Unknown 8 32%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 16. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 July 2022.
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#2,473,406
of 26,729,497 outputs
Outputs from The AMA Journal of Ethic
#738
of 2,829 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#44,658
of 421,396 outputs
Outputs of similar age from The AMA Journal of Ethic
#22
of 49 outputs
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