Defining personhood : toward the ethics of quality in clinical care / Sarah Bishop Merrill.

Amsterdam ; Atlanta, Ga. : Rodopi, 1998.

x, 222 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Partial contents: One. Approaches to personhood -- Two. Distinctive features of "person" and quality of clinical care -- Three. A theoretical framework for interpreting data -- Four. Implications for clinical practice and public policy.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-189) and index