Research article

Disagreements with implications: diverging discourses on the ethics of non-medical use of methylphenidate for performance enhancement

Cynthia Forlini^1,² and Eric Racine^1,^3,⁴^*

¹ Neuroethics Research Unit, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, 110 avenue des Pins Ouest, Montréal, Québec, H2W 1R7, Canada

² Programmes de bioéthique, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada

³ Department of Medicine and Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada

⁴ Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery and Biomedical Ethics Unit, McGill University, Montréal, Canada

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BMC Medical Ethics 2009, 10:9 doi:10.1186/1472-6939-10-9

Published: 6 July 2009

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Coding structure used to analyze media, bioethics, and public health discourses on the non-medical use of methylphenidate (MPH).

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