Orthodox Jewish perspectives on withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 835-846

  Baeke, Goedele ^a   Wils, Jean Pierre ^b   Broeckaert, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

bioethics; end of life; Judaism; life sustaining treatment; withdrawing; withholding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHICS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; RELIGION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; JUDAISM; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 82255191128     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733011408051     Document Type: Article

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