Biomedical subjects

A C Tuxill

Publications and source records attributed to A C Tuxill.

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PubMed1987

Concept of the person: introduction to the health professionals' curriculum.

This paper deals with the concept of the person and its necessity in health care and health curricula. Specifically it looks at aspects of both the biological and social sciences. Further, there is some suggestion that for caring professionals in particular the concept of the person requires more analysis than purely a 'common sense' everyday meaning and use, and that there is some requirement for sorting out and understanding the difference and the interconnections of the two terms 'human' and 'person'. This first proposal will be followed by a further paper that discusses in more detail the distinction between the two terms and the moral issues that derive from the centrality of use of the concept of the person by the health professions.

Biology↗

PubMed1987

Persons and humans.

This paper examines the concept of a person, in particular in terms of its relationship with the concept of human. It discusses the function of person as a concept and the purpose of making a distinction between human and person and allocating all the value connotations of the two terms to person. An examination of possible definitions of person follows, divided into those dealing mainly in intrinsic features, centrally rationality and self consciousness, and those dealing with the concept as it functions as a relation in terms of role or status. Finally, possible accounts of the relation between human and person are considered and 'potential' is identified as a way of linking the two.

Humans↗