RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Why let people die?
JF Journal of Medical Ethics
JO J Med Ethics
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
SP 83
OP 86
DO 10.1136/jme.12.2.83
VO 12
IS 2
A1 G R Gillett
YR 1986
UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/12/2/83.abstract
AB This paper concerns those patients whose brain is irreversibly damaged to the point where they will never recover significant mental life. I examine the reasons which justify the decision to withhold or discontinue active medical intervention in these patients. They involve the identity, quality of life and agency of those beings whom we value as persons.