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Tables of Contents for Aging and the Aged in Jewish Law
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
v
Introduction
vii
Beyond Methuselah - Who is Old?
1
20
Honor Your Father and Mother: Caregiving as a Halakhic Responsibility
21
22
Is Old Age a Disease?
43
40
Halakhah Issues Relating to the Ethics of Aging
83
18
Standing for the Elders or the Elderly?
101
10
Ethical Wills
111
64
SELECTED REFORM RESPONSA
Menopause
123
4
Living Will
127
6
Children's Support of Parents
133
4
Grandson and Grandfather
137
4
Aged Parent to a Nursing Home
141
4
Financial Responsibility toward Jewish Homes for the Aged
145
4
Alzheimer's Disease
149
4
Quality of Life and Euthanasia
153
4
Surgery at Ninety-six
157
4
CPR for the Frail Elderly
161
4
An Elderly Patient Who Refuses Dialysis
165
4
Dying Patient Kept Alive
169
6
Contributors
175