The Ethics of Uncertainty: Entangled Ethical and Epistemic Risks in Disorders of Consciousness

by L Syd M Johnson

Disorders of Consciousness (DoCs) raise difficult and complex questions about the value of life for persons with impaired consciousness, the rights of persons unable to make medical decisions, and our social, medical, and ethical obligations to patients whose personhood has frequently been challenged and neglected. Recent neuroscientific discoveries have led to enhanced understanding of the heterogeneity of these disorders, and focused renewed attention...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190943645
• ISBN13: 9780190943646
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.5"