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Living and Dying in the Jewish Way: Secular Rights and Religious Duties.
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Kapp, Marshall B. – Death Studies, 1993
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…
Descriptors: Death, Decision Making, Euthanasia, Jews