title: A matter of life and death.
abstract: Our ability to sustain some of the outward signs of life has rendered obsolete the legal system's definition of what it means to be alive.
authors.affiliation: Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454-9110, USA. petsko@brandeis.edu
authors.forename: Gregory A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Petsko
mesh_terms: D005066:Euthanasia, Passive / Q000941:ethics / Q000266:history* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005260:Female; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D016224:Living Wills; D012297:Right to Die / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence