title: Personhood, medicine, and American Society.
abstract: The problems of personhood with which this conference--and our society--grapples are significantly interwoven with modern medicine, its technology, and its science. More importantly, the conceptual language and recurrect themes of personhood questions are shaped by moral philosophers and jurists: "individualism" and "connectedness" are at the core of debates. Existing institutional arrangements have been inadequate to arrive at an effective societal consensus.
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D026688:Bioethical Issues; D001675:Bioethics; D003643:Death; D003657:Decision Making; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006806:Human Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006808:Humanism; D028723:Personhood; D011640:Public Policy; D012931:Social Environment; D012945:Social Values; D014481:United States