Persons, humanity, and the definition of death
By: John P. Lizza.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Baltimore, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Death -- Proof and certification.; Brain death.; Humanity.; Persons.; Medical jurisprudence.; Death.; Brain Death.; Jurisprudence.; Personhood.; Public Policy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Establishment of the biological paradigm; title: Defining death: beyond biology; title: Concepts of person; title: Persons as substances; title: The constitutive view of persons; title: Persons as human organisms; title: Persons as qualities or phases of human organisms; title: Public policy and the definition of death.