Anna Sierawska

Technical University of Munich
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    Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in Pediatric Populations—– Voices from Typically Developing Children and Adolescents and their Parents
    with Maike Splittgerber, Vera Moliadze, Michael Siniatchkin, and Alena Buyx
    Neuroethics 16 (1): 1-17. 2022.
    Background Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a brain stimulation technique currently being researched as an alternative or complimentary treatment for various neurological disorders. There is little knowledge about experiences of the participants of tDCS clinical research, especially from pediatric studies. Methods An interview study with typically developing minors (n = 19, mean age 13,66 years) participating in a tDCS study, and their parents (n = 18) was conducted to explore t…Read more
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    Challenges and proposed solutions in making clinical research on COVID-19 ethical: a status quo analysis across German research ethics committees
    with Alice Faust, Joerg Hasford, Anne Wisgalla, Katharina Krüger, and Daniel Strech
    BMC Medical Ethics 22 (1): 1-11. 2021.
    Background In the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the biomedical research community’s attempt to focus the attention on fighting COVID-19, led to several challenges within the field of research ethics. However, we know little about the practical relevance of these challenges for Research Ethics Committees. Methods We conducted a qualitative survey across all 52 German RECs on the challenges and potential solutions with reviewing proposals for COVID-19 studies. We de-identified the answers an…Read more
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    Prenatal diagnosis: do prospective parents have the right not to know?
    Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 18 (2): 279-286. 2015.
    Prenatal diagnosis challenges the issue of parental autonomy. Two ethical aspects of the parental decision making process with reference to PND have been taken into consideration: the duty to know and the right not to know. Whilst the first approach has been widely discussed in literature, the latter seems to be overlooked. In order to find good moral reasons supporting the right not to know, firstly the duty to know approach was critically analysed. Subsequently, the emphasis was put on the unc…Read more
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    First Epileptic Seizure and Initial Diagnosis of Juvenile Myoclonus Epilepsy (JME) in a Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) Study– Ethical Analysis of a Clinical case
    with Vera Moliadze, Maike Splittgerber, Annette Rogge, Michael Siniatchkin, and Alena Buyx
    Neuroethics 13 (3): 347-351. 2020.
    We discuss an epileptic incident in an undiagnosed 13-year old girl participating in a clinical study investigating the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation in healthy children and adolescents. This incident poses important research ethics questions with regard to study design, especially pertaining to screening and gaining informed consent. Potential benefits and problems of the incident also need to be considered. The ethical analysis of the case presented in this paper has been …Read more