title: Consciousness: the most critical moral (constitutional) standard for human personhood.
mesh_terms: D033421:Beginning of Human Life; D001926:Brain Death / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001927:Brain Diseases; D003243:Consciousness; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D019369:Life; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D028681:Moral Obligations; D009014:Morals; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D028723:Personhood; D040841:Resource Allocation; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment