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The Multi-Society Task Force on the Persistent Vegetative State

The Christian Stake in Dignity & Dying
Parallel Paper
July 15, 1995
A.A. Howsepian, MD
Issues:
End of Life
Tags:
Personhood
Autonomy
Consciousness
Definition of Death

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Argues against the position that PVS patients lack personhood or the status of being human.

Keywords:
End of life issues - Personhood/definitions of death; Persistent vegetative state (PVS); Euthanasia