Fearing that his 18-year-old daughter will value her fertility more than her life, an Orthodox Jewish father implores physicians not to seek her informed consent for surgery for vaginal cancer.
Fearing that his 18-year-old daughter will value her fertility more than her life, an Orthodox Jewish father implores physicians not to seek her informed consent for surgery for vaginal cancer.
The identification of terminally ill children is a crucial task for e care providers--but one they resist. Acknowledgement of a child's impending death permits both family and caregivers to help the child come to terms with his or her "illness-reality."
Through play, children express feelings of anger, fear, and helplessness. Caring adults who understand the meaning of such play can help children in their efforts to cope with difficult situations, including life-threatening illnesses.
Noticeably absent from the ethics consultation is a sense of who the patient is and what her connections to her family, religion, and culture are. A group of Orthodox Jewish women discuss the case, trying to piece together a picture of Leah and the resources at hand to help her deal with this crisis.
Wrestling with ghosts and staging fatal accidents with Matchbox cars allow a critically ill six-year-old to come to terms with the fears prompted by his illness.
Judaism is wrongly blamed for exacerbating the dilemma facing this Orthodox patient and her family. In actuality, a vital and human halakhic tradition is a resource that can respect the daughter's autonomy while appropriately responding to her father's fears about her well-being.
The law places an extremely heavy burden of proof on those who wish to remove life support--even for patients in persistent vegetative states. A number of public opinion polls show that up to 85 percent of Americans would not want artificial nutrition and hydration for themselves under such circumstances. In light of these findings, a different evidentiary standard is appropriate.
The plight of people who lack access to health care has captured national attention and led to a number of proposals to remedy the problem. The authors look at three types of proposals being advanced--"pro-competition" plans, "pay-or-play" plans, and a national health care system--and find that they fail to address adequately the pressing needs of two groups of the poor: women of childbearing age and elderly women.
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