The nature of mind and human automatism / Morton Prince.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prince, Morton, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychophysiology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 173 pages)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott company, 1885.

Summary:

Individuals who are facing declining health and eventual death experience intense emotional and psychological challenges. Yet mental health disciplines like psychology and psychiatry have not been well represented in the end-of-life areas of practice. This book offers mental health practitioners invaluable information about the choices that people must make regarding how they will die, or how they will resist dying, and about the ethical issues involved in making those choices. Offering a presentation of the major moral, value-based, and ethical principles that guide end-of-life decision making, including autonomy, beneficence, mercy, and justice, the author also reviews the crucial elements of informed consent, competence, and other issues that guide the American legal system's stance on this controversial debate. The book articulates the role and functions that mental health practitioners--particularly psychologists--can fulfill as members of end-of-life interdisciplinary teams to help individuals interact more fully with their loved ones and make real decisions on a path toward increasing the probability of death with dignity. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2005 APA, all rights reserved).

Contents:

THE NATURE OF MIND

1

IntroductorySpiritualism and MaterialismPurpose

27

The ArgumentThe Brain as the Organ of the Mind

44

CHAPTER IV

55

THE NATURE OF THE MIND

61

CHAPTER V

83

HUMAN AUTOMATISM

91

CHAPTER II

99

CHAPTER III

131

WHAT IS MATERIALISM?

149.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (J. B. Lippincott company, viewed May 31, 2023).