The critical role of religion: Caring for the dying patient from an orthodox Jewish perspective

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1267-1271

  Loike, John ^a   Gillick, Muriel ^b   Mayer, Stephan ^c   Prager, Kenneth ^c   Simon, Jeremy R ^c   Steinberg, Avraham ^d   Tendler, Moshe D ^e   Willig, Mordechai ^e   Fischbach, Ruth L ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^d SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYING; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; JEW; MEDICAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RELIGION; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DECISION MAKING; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; JUDAISM; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PAIN; TERMINAL CARE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 78049309887     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2010.0088     Document Type: Review

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