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Black text = links to be completed soon! Jewish Death Practices: Phases of Death Observance Spiritual Aspects Caskets |
Chevra Kadisha: Tahara Manuals and Procedures |
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Learning & Resources:
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Medical Ethics
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| From the Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care 1997 |
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from an article by William Shawcross, entitled 'Turning dollars into change', in Time magazine (Sept 1st '97) |
Help persuade other doctors to change their approach to pain, depression and other death-related issues. |
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Soross Foundations Network – Project on Death in America Conducting research and creating model systems of care that address. The barriers to providing appropriate, compassionate care for the dying. |
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4th Annual Jewish Medical Ethics Symposium at the University of Illinois-Chicago Hillel |
Sponsored by the Maimonides Institute of Jewish Ethics and the Jewish Medical Student Association, took place September 1, 1999. |
Evolution in Jewish medical ethics from rabbinic to modern times |
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Seeks to safeguard human dignity and to provide more compassionate care for the seriously ill. |
Five Wishes provides framework for legal and moral guidance on medical treatment. |