The killing words? How the new quality-of-life ethic affects people with severe disabilities. [electronic resource]
- SMU law review : a publication of Southern Methodist University School of Law 1992
- 805-40 p. digital
Publication Type: Journal Article
1066-1271
Abortion, Eugenic Adult Attitude Child Coercion Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities Diagnosis Persons with Disabilities Ethicists Ethics Euthanasia, Passive Freedom General Surgery Health Care Rationing Humans Individuality Infant, Newborn Judicial Role Jurisprudence Mental Competency Nutritional Support Parents Patient Selection Persistent Vegetative State Personal Autonomy Personhood Persons with Intellectual Disabilities Physicians Prejudice Prognosis Quality of Life Right to Die Social Justice Social Responsibility Suicide Third-Party Consent Treatment Refusal United States Value of Life Ventilators, Mechanical Withholding Treatment Wrongful Life