Finding consciousness : : the neuroscience, ethics, and law of severe brain damage / / edited by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong.

• Superior document: Oxford series in neuroscience, law, and philosophy
• TeilnehmendeR: Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter, 1955-
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Oxford University Press,, 2016.
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Series in neuroscience, law, and philosophy.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The prominent contributors provide background information, survey the issues and positions, and take controversial stands from a wide variety of perspectives, including neuroscience and neurology, law and policy, and philosophy and ethics.

Table of Contents

Finding consciousness : an introduction / by Meghan Brayton and Walter Sinnott-Armstrong -- Discussion with a caring father / by Ken Diviney and Katherine Grichnik -- The geography of unconsciousness : from apparent death to the minimally conscious state / by Jeffrey Baker -- Consciousness and death : the whole-brain formulation of death / by James L. Bernat -- Modes of consciousness / by Tim Bayne and Jakob Hohwy -- What is it like to be in a disorder of consciousness / by Caroline Schnakers -- Decoding thoughts in behaviorally non-responsive patients / by Adrian Owen and Lorina Naci -- Persistent vegetative state, akinetic mutism, and consciousness / by Will Davies and Neil Levy -- Lay attitudes to withdrawal of treatment in disorders of consciousness and their normative significance / by Jacob Gipson, Guy Kahane, and Julian Savulescu -- Moral conflict in the minimally conscious state / by Joshua Shepherd -- What's good for them? Best interests and severe disorders of consciousness / by Jennifer Hawkins -- Minimally conscious states and pain : a different approach to patient ethics / by Valerie Gray Hardcastle -- The legal circle of life / by Nita Farahany and Rachel Zacharias -- Guardianship and the injured brain : representation and the rights of patients and families / by Joseph Fins and Barbara Pohl.