Adult Perspectives The City Congregation for Humanistic Judaism New York City Manhattan - United States Religion Sun 6 Mar 2011
2011
March 2011
Sunday 6 March 2011
Sun 6 Mar, 3:30-4:15 pm. 15 West 86th Street (SAJ), between Central Park West and Columbus Ave., New York, 10001. Amy Stein, 212-213-1002. The City Congregation for Humanistic Judaism - [website][email][events]
AND A TIME TO DIE: How Do We Make Decisions for Our Loved Ones? How Can We Take Control of Our Own End of Life Process? Why, for so many, is death with dignity so elusive? The final stage of so many lives seems fraught with medical choices and complex decisions. How do we gain competent control over these complicated challenges? Nancy Dubler, Consultant for Ethics, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, and former director of bioethics at Montefiore Medical Center, will present a series of case studies that demonstrate the dilemmas people face in making end of life decisions for themselves and their loves ones. We’ll also examine how these issues are dealt with in American law, Jewish law, and in the current practices of American hospitals.