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35Stable value sets, psychological well-being, and the disability paradox: ramifications for assessing decision making capacity.American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 4 (4): 24-25. 2013.The phenomenon whereby severely disabled persons self-report a higher than expected level of subjective well-being is called the “disability paradox.” One explanation for the paradox among brain injury survivors is “response shift,” an adjustment of one’s values, expectations, and perspective in the aftermath of a life-altering, disabling injury. The high level of subjective well-being appears paradoxical when viewed from the perspective of the non-disabled, who presume that those with severe di…Read more
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37A Legal Fiction with Real ConsequencesAmerican Journal of Bioethics 14 (8): 34-36. 2014.No abstract
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10Encyclopedia of Bioethics: Abortion II: Contemporary Ethical and Legal Aspects: A. Ethical PerspectivesGale Cengage Learning. 2004.
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73The Case for Reasonable Accommodation of Conscientious Objections to Declarations of Brain DeathJournal of Bioethical Inquiry 13 (1): 105-115. 2016.Since its inception in 1968, the concept of whole-brain death has been contentious, and four decades on, controversy concerning the validity and coherence of whole-brain death continues unabated. Although whole-brain death is legally recognized and medically entrenched in the United States and elsewhere, there is reasonable disagreement among physicians, philosophers, and the public concerning whether brain death is really equivalent to death as it has been traditionally understood. A handful of…Read more
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77Breeders: A Subclass of Women?International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics 7 (2): 248-253. 2014.
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44Framing the Debate: Concussion and Mild Traumatic Brain InjuryNeuroethics 8 (1): 1-4. 2014.Concussion and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury affect millions of people worldwide. mTBI has been called the “signature injury” of the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, affecting thousands of active duty service men and women, and veterans. Sport-related concussion represents a significant public health problem, with elite and professional athletes, and millions of youth and amateur athletes worldwide suffering concussions annually. These brain injuries have received scant attention from neu…Read more
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46The Ethically Dubious Practice of Thwarting the Redemption of the CondemnedAmerican Journal of Bioethics 11 (10). 2011.The American Journal of Bioethics, Volume 11, Issue 10, Page 9-10, October 2011
L. Syd M Johnson
SUNY Upstate Medical University
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SUNY Upstate Medical UniversityAssociate Professor
Areas of Specialization
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Applied Ethics |
Normative Ethics |
Biomedical Ethics |
Death and Dying |
Neuroethics |
Medical Ethics |
Animal Ethics |
Animal Rights |
Metaphysics and Epistemology |
Areas of Interest
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