title: Patient interests: clinical implications of philosophical distinctions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Philosophy and Medical Ethics, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wikler
mesh_terms: D026686:Beneficence; D001927:Brain Diseases; D003643:Death; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D028681:Moral Obligations; D026706:Paternalism; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D028723:Personhood; D012945:Social Values; D014474:Unconsciousness / Q000628:therapy