Subjectivity, the Brain, Life Narratives and the Ethical Treatment of Persons With Alzheimer's Disease

American Journal of Bioethics 9 (9):23-25 (2009)
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Grant Gillett's (2009) welcome and extremely thought-provoking target article addresses many complex issues of such far-ranging consequence that it seems impossible to provide a commentary worthy o...

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From the Subjective Brain to the Situated Person.Julian C. Hughes - 2009 - American Journal of Bioethics 9 (9):29-30.

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Neuroscience and Philosophy: Brain.Maxwell Bennett, Daniel Dennett, Peter Hacker & John Searle - forthcoming - Mind, and Language. Columbia University Press, New York.
Views of the person with dementia.J. C. Hughes - 2001 - Journal of Medical Ethics 27 (2):86-91.
The Subjective Brain, Identity, and Neuroethics.Grant R. Gillett - 2009 - American Journal of Bioethics 9 (9):5-13.

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