Biopolitics, terri schiavo, and the sovereign subject of death

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 538-557

  Bishop, Jeffrey P ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bare life; Biopolitics; Schiavo; Sovereign power; Sovereignty

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS; BIOPOLITICS; DEATH; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDEPENDENCE; PHILOSOPHY; POLITICS; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE;

DEATH; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, CLINICAL; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; LIFE; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; POLITICS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 59449105696     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: 17445019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmp/jhn029     Document Type: Review

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