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35Can they suffer? The ethical priority of quality of life research in disorders of consciousnessBioethica Forum 6 (4): 129-136. 2013.There is ongoing ethical and legal debate about withdrawing life sup- port for patients with disorders of consciousness (DOCs). Frequently fu- eling the debate are implicit assumptions about the value of life in a state of impaired consciousness, and persistent uncertainty about the quality of life (QoL) of these persons. Yet there are no validated methods for assessing QoL in this population, and a significant obstacle to doing so is their inability to communicate. Recent neuroscientific discov…Read more
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29Stable 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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35A 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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68The 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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69Breeders: A Subclass of Women?International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics 7 (2): 248-253. 2014.
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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