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The irreversibly comatose: respect for the subhuman in human life

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dc.contributor.authorRolston, Holmes, 1932-, author
dc.contributor.authorD. Reidel Publishing Co., Dordrecht, Holland, and Boston, U.S.A., publisher
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T08:20:24Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T08:20:24Z
dc.date.issued1982
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (page 352).
dc.description.abstractIn the case of the irreversibly comatose patient, though no personal consciousness remains, some moral duty is owed the remaining biological life. Such an ending to human life, if pathetic, is also both intelligible and meaningful in a biological and evolutionary perspective. By distinguishing between the human subjective life and the spontaneous objective life, we can recognize a naturalistic principle in medical ethics, contrary to a current tendency to defend purely humanistic norms. This principle has applications in clinical care in the definition of death, in the use of life support therapy, in distinguishing ordinary from extraordinary therapy, in evaluating euthanasia, and in the extent of appropriate medical intervention in terminal cases.
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dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationRolston, Holmes, III, The Irreversibly Comatose: Respect for the Subhuman in Human Life, The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 7, no. 4 (November 1982): 337-354. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jmp/7.4.337
dc.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jmp/7.4.337
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/70412
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofEnvironmental Ethics: Anthologies and Journal Articles
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dc.subjectcomatose patients
dc.subjectaging
dc.subjectrespect for life
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