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Jewish Death Practices:
Overview / Summary
Origins and History
The World of the Dying
Visiting the Sick
Chaplaincy
Hospice

Stages of Death
    Upon Death
    Between Death and Burial
    Shmira
    Tahara
    Burial
    Mourning and Bereavement
    Shiva
    Shloshim
    Yartzeit

Spiritual Aspects
Funeral Homes
Cemeteries
Green Burial
Funeral Contracts
Cremation and Embalming
Caskets


Chevra Kadisha:
Scope / Functions of Chevra Kadisha
Chevra Kadisha in Jewish Society
Organizing a new Chevra Kadisha

Tahara Manuals and Procedures
Tahara Training
Tahara Stories
Tahara Supplies Lists
Funeral Home Supplies

Suicide

Organ Donation

Disasters

Infection Control

 

Conferences:
Next Conference
    Overview
    Program Outline
    Registration
    Travel and Hotel

Previous Conferences

 

Learning & Resources:
Gamliel Institute
    Overview
    Curriculum
    Registration
    Currently Active Classes


KNIT Resource Center
    Overview
    Contacts for Answers
    Catalog of Articles
    Additional Links


FAQ About Death and Dying
Modern Dilemmas
Guided Learning
Jewish Sources and  Responsa
Synagogue Brochures
Community Education

Medical Ethics

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Website Name Their Description My Comments

Duty and Healing: Foundations of a Jewish Bioethic

 From the Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care 1997

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.

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.