A Jewish approach to end-stage medical care.
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چکیده
This paper was adopted by the CJLS on December 12, 1990 by a vote of eleven in favor, two opposed, and five abstaining ( 11-2-5). Members voting in favor: Rabbis Kassel Abelson, Ben Zion Bergman, Elliot N. Dorff, Amy Eilberg, Dov Peretz Elkins, Howard Handler, Reuven Kimelman, Lionel E. Moses, Mayer E. Rabinowitz, Joel Rembaum, Morris M. Shapiro. Members voting against: Rabbis Avram I. Reisner and Joel Roth. Members abstaining: Rabbis Stanley Bramnick, Jerome Epstein, David Feldman, Sam Fraint, and Herbert Mandl.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Conservative Judaism
دوره 43 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1991