Jewish Funerals, Burial and Mourning

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	Jewish Funerals, Burial, and Mourning
	*Medical Ethics and Organ Donation*

Website Name	Their Description	My Comments
Organ Donation - what is the halacha, how does it work	Numerous articles on organ donation, from all Jewish branches and from a general perspective
Duty and Healing: Foundations of a Jewish Bioethic	From the Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care 1997	Informed decision-making.
The Project on Death in America	from an article by William Shawcross, entitled 'Turning dollars into change', in Time magazine (Sept 1st '97)	Help persuade other doctors to change their approach to pain, depression and other death-related issues.
Transforming the Culture of Dying	Soross Foundations Network – Project on Death in America	Conducting research and creating model systems of care that address The barriers to providing appropriate, compassionate care for the dying.
The Institute for Jewish Medical Ethics	Articles, books, questions and answers on Jewish medical ethics
4th Annual Jewish Medical Ethics Symposium at the University of Illinois-Chicago Hillel	Sponsored by the Maimonides Institute of Jewish Ethics and the Jewish Medical Student Association, took place September 1, 1999.	Evolution in Jewish medical ethics from rabbinic to modern times
Aging With Dignity	Seeks to safeguard human dignity and to provide more compassionate care for the seriously ill.	Five Wishes provides framework for legal and moral guidance on medical treatment.