title: Quality-of-life ethics and constitutional jurisprudence: the demise of natural rights and equal protection for the disabled and incompetent.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D033421:Beginning of Human Life; D026688:Bioethical Issues; D002961:Civil Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D004989:Ethics; D040821:Human Characteristics; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D033222:Judicial Role; D007882:Legislation, Hospital; D019369:Life; D018579:Patient Selection; D028723:Personhood; D011287:Prejudice; D011788:Quality of Life; D012935:Social Justice; D014481:United States; D026712:Value of Life; D035862:Vulnerable Populations; D035761:Wedge Argument; D028761:Withholding Treatment