title: Panel summary: from Zen riddle to the razor's edge.
abstract: A summary of the Panel on Deliberate G-induced Loss of Consciousness reviews the global issue of rendering human subjects unconscious in the centrifuge as a research procedure. Major issues summarized are informed consent, a common taxonomy for G-LOC events, and medical surveillance of subjects made deliberately unconscious.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Sciences Division, United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks Air Force Base, TX 78235-5301.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Hickman
mesh_terms: D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology; D030881:Disclosure; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006805:Human Experimentation; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D033281:Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation; D012107:Research Design; D035842:Research Subjects; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014474:Unconsciousness / Q000503:physiopathology