A matter of life and death.
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.
Petsko
Gregory A
GA
Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454-9110, USA. petsko@brandeis.edu
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