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Living and Dying in the Jewish Way: Secular Rights and Religious Duties.
- Source :
-
Death Studies . 1993 17(3):267-276. - Publication Year :
- 1993
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Abstract
- Compares American secular emphasis on individual rights and autonomous decision-making in "right to die" context with traditional emphasis on obligation in Orthodox Judaism. Explicates approach of Conservative and Reform Judaism to decision-making about life-sustaining medical treatments and considers proper balance and relative influence of religious and secular values for modern American Jews. (Author/NB)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0748-1187
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Death Studies
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- EJ480635
- Document Type :
- Reports - General<br />Journal Articles