Ancient answers to modern questions: death, dying, and organ transplants - a Jewish law perspective.

From: Journal of Law and Health | Date: March 22, 1996| Author: Werber, Stephen J. | Copyright information

I. INTRODUCTION III. DEFINING DEATH III. ORGAN TRANSPLANTS IV. "CHOOSE LIFE"--MEDICAL DIRECTIVES, EUTHANASIA, SUICIDE

A. Suicide

B. The DNR Conundrum

C. Euthanasia

D. Assisted Suicide V. CONCLUSION

I. INTRODUCTION

Medical advances have made it possible to extend life or defy death as it was known for centuries and have also compelled ethicists and health professionals to rethink our definition of death. Moral...

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