Status of Baby Born to Brain-dead Mother: Ethical and Logical Issues

Bendowska, Aleksandra; Żok, Agnieszka; Głodowska, Katarzyna Beata; Iżycki, Dariusz; Baum, Ewa

doi:10.2478/slgr-2019-0044

Abstract

The study aims to analyse the clinical proceedings in pregnant women diagnosed with brain death. Apart from the diagnostic premises and the patient’s rights, the ontological status of the foetus proves to be a severe problem. In reference to the principles of zeroth-order logic, the assumption of potential used by personalists is not a tautology.

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Status of Baby Born to Brain-dead Mother: Ethical and Logical Issues

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