Abstract:
Neurodegenerative processes are being intensively studied from a multidisciplinary perspective. The
importance of neurobioethics is increasingly acknowledged. Confidentiality in the treatment of
neurodegenerative disorders remains a current and insufficiently explored ethical issue. To outline the role of
neurobioethics in maintaining confidentiality in both medical care and the non-medical context for patients
with neurodegenerative conditions. A synthesis of scientific literature published in the last 10 years (about 43
sources) was performed using PubMed, Journal of Medical Ethics, Web of Science, and Elsevier databases,
focusing on bioethics and medical care in neurological, especially neurodegenerative diseases. Sociological,
bioethical, and structuralist methods were used. Neurobioethics is emerging as a branch of bioethics involved
in the examination of multiple neurodegenerative manifestations. Aspects are identified that emerge both in the
therapeutic process, administered to the contingent of patients suffering from various and complex effects of
neurological degeneration, and in the entire social habitat environment of the patient. A separate topic is the
wide spectrum of effects of the involvement of information technologies, medical management, health policies,
etc. All of these influence the existential environment of neurodegeneration, also involving consequences
regarding confidentiality. 1.Neurobioethics offers perspectives in the application of effective medical tactics to
the contingent with neurodegenerative diseases, as well as in the advancement of neuroscience and
neuroethologies. 2.Bioethical principles involved: confidentiality, vulnerability, non-maleficence, beneficence.
