#  Lukas Meier publishes peer commentary in The American Journal of Bioethics 

 





March 03, 2025

 

 

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Current Fellow-in-Residence Lukas Meier has written an open peer commentary appearing in the March edition of *The American Journal of Bioethics*. His piece, "Is Treating Permanently Unconscious Patients Futile? Quality of Life Presupposes Conscious Awareness," offers an examination of “Conscientious Objection to Aggressive Interventions for Patients in a Vegetative State,” (Wasserman et al. 2023, 10–21). [Read more here.](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15265161.2025.2457726?scroll=top&needAccess=true)