Fourteen academics, physicians, and religious leaders from Switzerland, the U.S. and Israel contribute 14 chapters to the universal debate about the ethical questions of terminal care and assisted death. Topics discussed include the sanctity of life, quality of life, human dignity, autonomy, suicide, assisted suicide, and termination of life on demand. The text offers a variety of Jewish perspectives on assisted death, with the intention of showing that Judaism, despite being so strongly. (Publisher)
