44 records matched your query       

Author:

Lizza, John P., 1957-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xii, 212 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Death--Proof and certification.
Brain death.
Humanity.
Persons.
Medical jurisprudence.
Death.
Brain Death.
Jurisprudence.
Personhood.
Public Policy.

Notes:

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

Contents:

Establishment of the biological paradigm -- Defining death: beyond biology -- Concepts of person -- Persons as substances -- The constitutive view of persons -- Persons as human organisms -- Persons as qualities or phases of human organisms -- Public policy and the definition of death.

ISBN:

9780801882500 (alk. paper)
0801882508 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2005013360

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)