Death and Euthanasia

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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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