ISBN:
0881259217
Language:
English
Pages:
V, 254 S
,
Ill
,
24 cm
Year of publication:
2006
DDC:
296.3697
Keywords:
Death Religious aspects
;
Judaism
;
Terminal care Religious aspects
;
Judaism
;
Euthanasia
;
Terminally ill Legal status, laws, etc
;
Israel
;
Judentum
;
Halacha
;
Ethik
;
Sterbehilfe
Description / Table of Contents:
Jewish religious law / David Bollag -- Assisted death / Elias Hofstetter and Mario Marti -- Treatment of the terminally ill / J. David Bleich -- "Some" reflections on Jewish tradition and the end-of-life patient / Leonard S. Kravits -- A law proposal in Israel regarding the patient at the end of life / Avraham Steinberg -- Dying with dignity in a Jewish-democratic state / Vardit Ravitsky -- The Jewish physician and end-of-life decisions / Shimon M. Glick -- Implementing empathy at the end of life / Maurice Lamm -- Ethics and reality / Lydia Goldschmidt -- Assisted death? / Hans Küng -- Terminal care of children / Walter H. Hitzig
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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