Preface | |
Introduction | |
Withdrawing or Witholding Nutrition, Hydration or Oxygen from Patients | p. 1 |
Euthanasia | p. 11 |
Suicide, Assisted Suicide, Active Euthanasia: A Halakhic Inquiry | p. 27 |
Rabbi Judah's Handmaid | p. 61 |
Endstage Euthanasia - Some Other Considerations | p. 89 |
Determining Death in Jewish Law | p. 105 |
Selected Reform Responsa | |
Euthanasia (1950) | p. 123 |
Euthanasia (1980) | p. 127 |
Quality of Life and Euthanasia | p. 131 |
Huntington's Disease and Suicide | p. 135 |
Caesarean on a Dead Mother | p. 137 |
A Living Will | p. 141 |
Choosing Which Patient to Save | p. 147 |
A Medical Experiment | p. 157 |
A Dangerous Medical Experiment | p. 161 |
Nutrition and Incurable Cancer | p. 165 |
Drugs to Relieve Pain | p. 167 |
An Elderly Patient Who Refuses Dialysis | p. 169 |
Surgery at Ninety-Six | p. 173 |
CPR and the Frail Elderly | p. 177 |
Physician Keeping Truth from a Patient | p. 179 |
Informing a Dying Patient | p. 181 |
Determination and Postponement of Death | p. 183 |
Passive Euthanasia | p. 191 |
Allowing a Terminal Patient to Die | p. 197 |
Contributors | p. 203 |
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