Respecting biographies all the way down: a conception of personhood best suitable for a person-centered healthcare of individuals with severe disorders of consciousness

Person-Centered Healthcare (PCH) is interested in persons, but for many philosophers (at least in traditional accounts) not all human beings should be considered (strictly) “persons.” Nevertheless, if PCH is interested in persons, and if persons are truly all that matters, then we need to rethink ab...

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Main Authors: Bianca Andrade, Marco Antonio Azevedo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2020-05-01
Series:Ethic@: an International Journal for Moral Philosophy
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ethic/article/view/72338