Description
This course is intended to help chaplains understand the beliefs and rituals of Jewish patients and their families as death approaches. It describes the context in which many Jews understand death, and addresses clinical topics such as palliative care and hospice, advance directives and life-sustaining treatment. It also summarizes the most common Jewish beliefs about the afterlife. The single most important point for chaplains and other caregivers to bear in mind while reading this material is that there is no monolithic set of religious directives about Jewish beliefs on these subjects. In other words, while Jewish beliefs on these matters can be described and considered, they do not provide simple rules to follow for every Jewish patient, family or caregiver.
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