Withdrawing life support – terminal case ניתוק מכשירים
Is is permissible to sign the forms allowing for the terminal weaning aka withdrawing life support, when your pt is a non jew.
I am a university student. I am interested in finding out about the success that Judaism has had in overcoming the ethical controversies of abortion. More specifically, are there certain social conflicts that abortion causes but that Judaism helps solve? Recent journal articles and other recent references would be of special interest.
See Encyclopedia of Jewish Medical Ethics, by Dr. Avraham Steinberg, "Abortion and Miscarriage," vol. I, p. 1 ff (especially pp. 9-18), where this issue is addressed at length from both the halachic and
social/ethical perspective..
Is is permissible to sign the forms allowing for the terminal weaning aka withdrawing life support, when your pt is a non jew.
שלום וברכה, סבתי היא אישה קשישה בגיל 98, סובלת מדמנסיה. מבחינת התפקוד היא סיעודית, ונעזרת במטפלת לכל הפעולות היומיומיות. היא לרוב אינה מזהה קרובי משפחה.