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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817646103321

Autore

Lizza John P. <1957->

Titolo

Persons, humanity, and the definition of death / / John P. Lizza

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, Md., : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-8018-8899-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 p.)

Disciplina

614/.1

Soggetti

Death - Proof and certification

Brain death

Humanity

Persons

Medical jurisprudence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-205) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.