Ethical Issues in the Management of Huntington's Disease: A Case-Study in Clinical Psychiatry

FAIN: RH-*1577-81

Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD 21218-2608)
Ruth Leys (Project Director: April 1981 to October 1990)

To support an interdisciplinary incentive award for the study of the ethical problems and social issues facing contemporary psychiatry in the treatment of patients suffering from Huntington's Disease, focusing on the psychobiological approach of American psychiatrist Adolf Meyer.