Jewish ethics and the care of end-of-life patients : a collection of rabbinical, bioethical, philosophical, and juristic opinions / edited by Peter Joel Hurwitz, Jacques Picard, and Avraham Steinberg ; articles written in German and Hebrew were translated by Benjamin Sklarz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hurwitz, Peter Joel.

Picard, Jacques.

Steinberg, Avraham.

Language:

English

German

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Death--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Death.

Terminal care--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Terminal care.

Euthanasia.

Terminally ill--Legal status, laws, etc--Israel.

Terminally ill.

Bioethical Issues.

Terminal Care--ethics.

Judaism.

Palliative Care--ethics.

Religion and Medicine.

Terminally Ill.

Terminally ill--Legal status, laws, etc.

Israel.

Medical Subjects:

Bioethical Issues.

Terminal Care--ethics.

Judaism.

Palliative Care--ethics.

Religion and Medicine.

Terminally Ill.

Physical Description:

v, 254 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Jersey City, N.J. : KTAV ; Basel, Switzerland : Institute for Jewish Studies, University of Basel, [2006]

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 Kèung

Terminal care of children / Walter H. Hitzig.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0881259217

OCLC:

63170430

Publisher Number:

9780881259216