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MENTAL INTEGRITY AND THE NATURE OF LIFE
Author(s) -
Welford A. T.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1970.tb84477.x
Subject(s) - human life , psychology , psychiatry , political science , law , humanity
The problem is raised of how far maintaining the survival of patients with terminal illnesses whose mental powers are gravely impaired, competes with the medical treatment of patients who can expect to recover fully. The human and religious consequences of defining life in terms of mental integrity are discussed, especially as regards the senile and seriously defective infants.