Rights Come to Mind: Brain Injury, Ethics, and the Struggle for Consciousness

ISBN-13: 9780521887502 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 250 str.

Joseph J. Fins

Opis

Joseph J. Fins calls for a reconsideration of severe brain injury treatment, including discussion of public policy and physician advocacy.

Recenzje

'Fins provides a fair and comprehensive overview of the historical, biological, technological, social, and political contexts surrounding TBI and MCS patients, while also acting as an advocate for patients and their families.' Michael Roess, The Pharos

Spis treści

1. Decisions; 2. The injury; 3. Coming to terms with brain injury; 4. The origins of the vegetative state; 5. A shift since Quinlan; 6. Maggie's wishes; 7. Something happened in Arkansas; 8. From PVS to MCS; 9. Leaving the hospital; 10. Heather's story; 11. Neuroimaging and neuroscience in the public mind; 12. Contractures and contradictions: medical necessity and the injured brain; 13. Minds, monuments, and moments; 14. Heads and hearts, toil and tears; 15. What do families want?; 16. Deep brain stimulation in MCS; 17. Mending our brains, minding our ethics; 18. It's still freedom; 19. Maggie's in town; 20. When consciousness becomes prosthetic; 21. The rights of mind; 22. A call for advocacy.