Personhood, Medicine, and American Society

Personhood, Medicine, and American Society

The problems of personhood with which this conference-and our society-grapples are significantly interwoven with modern medicine, its technology, and its science. More importantly, the conceptual language and recurrent themes of personhood questions are shaped by moral philosophers and jurists: &quo...

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Veröffentlicht in:Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly. Health and Society 1983-01, Vol.61 (1), p.127-147
Hauptverfasser: Fox, Renée C., Willis, David P.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Abortion
Advisory Committees
American culture
Bioethical Issues
Bioethics
Death
Decision Making
Ethics, Medical
Fetus
Human life
Human Rights - legislation & jurisprudence
Humanism
Humans
Individualism
Morality
Personhood
Physicians
Public Policy
Social Environment
Social Values
United States
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Zusammenfassung:The problems of personhood with which this conference-and our society-grapples are significantly interwoven with modern medicine, its technology, and its science. More importantly, the conceptual language and recurrent themes of personhood questions are shaped by moral philosophers and jurists: "individualism" and "connectedness" are at the core of debates. Existing institutional arrangements have been inadequate to arrive at an effective societal consensus.
ISSN:0160-1997
0887-378X
DOI:10.2307/3349820