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Persons, humanity, and the definition of death / John P. Lizza.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lizza, John P., 1957-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Death--Proof and certification.
- Death.
- Brain death.
- Humanity.
- Persons.
- Medical jurisprudence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (227 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Through an analysis of legal and clinical cases and a discussion of alternative concepts of personhood, Lizza casts greater light on the underlying themes of a complex debate.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: The Biological Paradigm of Death
- 1 Establishment of the Biological Paradigm
- 2 Defining Death: Beyond Biology
- 3 Concepts of Person
- 4 Persons as Substances
- 5 The Constitutive View of Persons
- 6 Persons as Human Organisms
- 7 Persons as Qualities or Phases of Human Organisms
- 8 Public Policy and the Definition of Death
- Notes
- References
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-205) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-8899-9
- OCLC:
- 213305552
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