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Hospice care: Jewish reservations considered in a comparative ethical study

Peter Byrne

Centre of Medical Law and Ethics, King's College London

GR Dunstan

University of London

The Lord Jakobovits

Britain and the Commonwealth

Raja LA Jayaweera

Royal Northern and Whittington Hospitals

John Marshall

University of London

Elliot E Philipp

Royal Northern and Whittington Hospitals

Dame Cicely Saunders

Chairman of St Christopher's Hospice, Sydenham

Mary J Seller

United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals, London

Hospice care, the origin and growth of which are described, now has its own regimen and philosophy of care. Elements in this were believed to be contrary to Rabbinic prescriptions for the care of the dying, particularly the duty to sustain hope. A philosophical study shows that the practice and Rabbinic principles are not necessarily contradictory. Beliefs about life, death and dying in Eastern religions, and in Christianity, are outlined to show that these too are compatible with the goals and methods of hospice care.

Key Words: christianity • death • hospice • Judaism • religion and medicine • religious beliefs • terminal care

Palliative Medicine, Vol. 5, No. 3, 187-200 (1991)
DOI: 10.1177/026921639100500303
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