What am I? A philosophical account of personhood and its applications to people with brain injury

This article identifies the dilemma faced by clinical staff when asked to support the withdrawal of clinically assisted nutrition and hydration in a patient in a vegetative state. On the one hand, they are expected to treat the patient as a person in their daily interactions; on the other, they are asked to withdraw treatment on the grounds that it is futile, which may seem to run counter to treating people as persons. The article highlights that similar debates exist within the philosophical community about the nature of personhood and describes two philosophical accounts of personhood. The aim is to help clinicians articulate the reasons for their intuitions more clearly, and thus justify their beliefs.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

Neuropsychological rehabilitation - 28(2018), 8 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 1408-1414

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Playford, Richard C [VerfasserIn]
Playford, E Diane [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Brain injury
Journal Article
Personhood

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 13.11.2018

Date Revised 13.11.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/09602011.2018.1456939

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM282827439