Consciousness: the most critical moral (constitutional) standard for human personhood

Am J Law Med. 1987;13(2-3):233-48.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Beginning of Human Life
  • Brain Death / diagnosis*
  • Brain Diseases*
  • Consciousness*
  • Ethics, Medical
  • Humans
  • Life
  • Life Support Care / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Moral Obligations
  • Morals*
  • Patient Advocacy / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Personhood*
  • Resource Allocation
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Tissue and Organ Procurement
  • United States
  • Withholding Treatment