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Thank you for your time and information you gave me regarding surrogacy. My wife and I are planning on making aliya as soon as we
Shalom,
My rav, Rabbi Mordechai Lebhar of Los Angeles, gave this email to ask a very serious medical halacha question.
I understand that a terminally ill pt being kept alive on machines can be made DNR. However, if that patient vehmently wished not to be kept alive on machines when he was competent, and has no quality of life and is suffering in the hospital and being kept alive on machines, can family comply with his wishes and withdraw care (i.e. respirator) and allow nature to take its course? Thank you.
In the above case, withholding treatment may be permisible. Withdrawing – not.
For more details please see assia 81-82 , 2008 (Hebrew)
1) A timer system for turning assisted respiration into a cyclic treatment, pp. 93-98.
מערכת הבקרה ("טיימר") להפיכת הנשמה לטיפול רפואי מחזורי ; אסיא פא-פב, עמ' 93-98
קיצוב זמן במכשירי הנשמה לפני חיבורם לחולה הנוטה למות – שו"ת ; אסיא פא-פב, עמ' 99-104
Also, see Responsum no. 3556.
Thank you for your time and information you gave me regarding surrogacy. My wife and I are planning on making aliya as soon as we
שלום, אודה בעד דיוור חומרים הלכתיים ורפואיים ופסקי הלכה, בדבר מגדר ושינוי מין. מענה קונקרטי, ללא פניות וחוות דעת פרסונאליות. רוב תודה וברכה