Finding consciousness
Subtitle: the neuroscience, ethics, and law of severe brain damage
By: edited by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
Edition: First edition.
Series: Oxford series in neuroscience, law, and philosophy; Series in neuroscience, law, and philosophy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9780190280307
Subjects: Neurosciences; Moral and ethical aspects; Consciousness Disorders; Ethik; Persistent vegetative state; Neurowissenschaften; Legislation & jurisprudence; Recht; Chronic Brain Damage; Hirnschädigung; Medical ethics; Ethics; Loss of consciousness
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Finding consciousness : an introduction / by Meghan Brayton and Walter Sinnott-Armstrong; title: Discussion with a caring father / by Ken Diviney and Katherine Grichnik; title: The geography of unconsciousness : from apparent death to the minimally conscious state / by Jeffrey P. Baker; title: Consciousness and death : the whole-brain formulation of death / by James L. Bernat; title: Modes of consciousness / by Tim Bayne and Jakob Hohwy; title: What is it like to be in a disorder of consciousness / by Caroline Schnakers; title: Decoding thoughts in behaviorally non-responsive patients / by Adrian M. Owen and Lorina Naci; title: Persistent vegetative state, akinetic mutism, and consciousness / by Will Davies and Neil Levy; title: Lay attitudes to withdrawal of treatment in disorders of consciousness and their normative significance / by Jacob Gipson, Guy Kahane, and Julian Savulescu; title: Moral conflict in the minimally conscious state / by Joshua Shepherd; title: What is good for them? Best interests and severe disorders of consciousness / by Jennifer Hawkins; title: Minimally conscious states and pain : a different approach to patient ethics / by Valerie Gray Hardcastle; title: The legal circle of life / by Nita A. Farahany and Rachel Zacharias; title: Guardianship and the injured brain : representation and the rights of patients and families / by Joseph J. Fins and Barbara Pohl.