Some Reflections on the Problem of Advance Directives, Personhood, and Personal Identity

, In this paper, I consider objections to advance directives based on the claim that there is a discontinuity of interests, and of personal identity, between the time a person executes an advance directive and the time when the patient has become severely demented. Focusing narrowly on refusals of l...

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Main Author: Kuhse, Helga (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press 1999
In: Kennedy Institute of Ethics journal
Year: 1999, Volume: 9, Issue: 4, Pages: 347-364
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