Can someone suggest a well-written article on the treatment of terminally ill patients according to Halacha?
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See this teshuva from Igros Moshe https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=921&st=&pgnum=312 – chortkov2 Dec 27 '19 at 10:36
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Thank you, will read, but can you find anything in English? – user16403 Dec 27 '19 at 13:18
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There is plenty of material available online, e.g.,
- this summary on Jewish Perspectives on End-of-Life Care from MyJewishLearning
- Treatment of Terminally Ill Patients According to Jewish Law by Dov Linzer in AMA Journal of Ethics
- The Terminally Ill Patient from Prof. Avraham Steinberg of Shaare Zedek hospital
- The Critical Role of Religion: Caring for the Dying Patient from an Orthodox Jewish Perspective by many authors incl. R Willig and R Tendler
- a translation of all relevant responsa of R Moshe Feinstein from the book Care of the Critically Ill authored by R Moshe David Tendler, the son-in-law of R Moshe
- Caring for the Terminally Ill: Halachic Approaches to Withholding and Withdrawing of Therapy by Joshua Kunin
- Is There Patient Autonomy in Halacha? by R Zev Schostak
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