Euthanasia: An overview and the Jewish perspective

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 621-629

  Gesundheit, Benjamin ^a   Steinberg, Avraham ^b   Glick, Shimon ^c   Or, Reuven ^a   Jotkovitz, Alan ^c  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

End of Life Care; Euthanasia; Jewish Medical Ethics; Medical Ethics; Mercy Killing

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; SUICIDE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUTHANASIA; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; JEWS; JUDAISM; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; TERMINAL CARE; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 33748858372     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: 15324192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07357900600894898     Document Type: Review

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