title: Why being alive matters.
authors.affiliation: University of Kansas.
authors.forename: Jerry
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Menikoff
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000941:ethics; D003643:Death; D005065:Euthanasia / Q000941:ethics; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State; D017236:Suicide, Assisted / Q000941:ethics; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000941:ethics; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000941:ethics*