Policy Analysis for Implementing Neuroethics in Korea’s Brain Research Promotion Act

In 1998, Korea implemented the Brain Research Promotion Act (BRPA), a law to revamp the field of neuroscience at the national level. However, despite numerous revisions including the definition and classification of neuroscience and the national plans for the training and education systems, the governance for neuroethics has not been integrated into the Act. The ethical issues raised by neuroscience and neurotechnology remain unchallenged, especially given the focus on the industrial purpose of the technology. In the current study, we analyzed the BRPA revision process by using Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Framework to determine the problems faced by the process. We propose a new strategy, including neuroethics governance and a national committee, to promote interdisciplinary neuroscience research and strengthen neuroethics in Korea.

• Publication year

  2023

• Venue

  Experimental Neurobiology

• Publication date

  2023-02-28

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Political Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.5607/en22037PMID 36919331PMCID 10017843
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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