I. INTRODUCTION
Law and medicine both pose problems for Jewish law, or halakhah, (1) in contemporary times. There is, however, a fundamental difference between the two areas. In the case of medicine, halakhic problems arise in relation to particular issues such as assisted reproduction (2) and euthanasia. (3) There has never been any serious of sustained attempt in post-biblical Jewish law to question the legitimacy of saving human life by medical means. (4) Moreover, the ...