Contemporary Jewish Boethics: A Critical Assessment

Green, Ronald M.

doi:10.1007/978-94-015-7723-6_15

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“…Although Bleich wants to show in this way that he is prepared to take the changing medical context into account, Jewish bioethicist Ronald Green, one of his staunch critics, holds against him that in this way he actually propagates futile treatment, rather than taking the contemporary medical context seriously into consideration. 53,54 From their writings it is clear that Bleich and Feinstein do not permit withdrawal of life-support. Bleich condemns withdrawal of treatment (even in the case of a goses), referring to the famous Quinlan-case.…”

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Orthodox Jewish perspectives on withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment

2011

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The Jewish religious tradition summons its adherents to save life. For religious Jews preservation of life is the ultimate religious commandment. At the same time Jewish law recognizes that the agony of a moribund person may not be stretched. When the time to die has come this has to be respected. The process of dying should not needlessly be prolonged. We discuss the position of two prominent Orthodox Jewish authorities - the late Rabbi Moshe Feinstein and Rabbi J David Bleich - towards the role of life-sustaining treatment in end-of-life care. From the review, the characteristic halachic and heterogeneous character of Jewish ethical reasoning appears. The specificity of Jewish dealing with ethical dilemmas in health care indicates the importance for contemporary healthcare professionals of providing care which is sensitive to a patient's culture and worldview.

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confidence: 99%