In the Tradition...Sort Of

by David Novak

Matters of Life and Death: A Jewish Approach to Modern Medical Ethics.By Elliot N. Dorff.Jewish Publication Society. 456 pp. $34.95.The fact that the now regular advances in biomedical technology affect the lives of everybody in our society in new, unprecedented ways has made biomedical ethics a . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 1999

Two Boats, a Helicopter & Stem Cells

by Russell E. Saltzman

Remember the story of the guy who died in the flood? A Red Cross boat had come by earlier when the water was above the window sills, but the fellow refused rescue saying, “The Lord will save me.” A second boat came when the water was to the eaves and the man was hanging from the gutters. But . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 1999

Wishing People Dead

by Nancy L. Harvey

Christine Busalacchi, a Missouri woman suffering from serious brain damage, died on the 8th of March, 1993. The cause of death was starvation. Her case was not a nationally famous one, but it does serve to raise certain disturbing questions—questions that must confront the families of anyone . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 1993