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<DIV><SPAN class=996531413-14082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Frank</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=996531413-14082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Allow
me to present an opinion from the the perspective of an Orthodox
Jew. (I speak only for myself, but I think that my opinions on the subject
represent the rulings of the great rabbis of this
generation.)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=996531413-14082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
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<DIV><SPAN class=996531413-14082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Despite what anyone else says, our bodies do not belong to us. They
are on loan from G-d for however long He sees fit to entrust them to us.
We are given the responsibility to care for it and to keep it in good
repair. We do not have the right to throw up our hands and stop taking
care of it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=996531413-14082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Under Torah Law, we are required to do anything and everything to
keep a person alive -- regardless of the so-called quality of that life -- even
for a few minutes. This includes violating the Shabbos or Kosher
laws.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=996531413-14082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>That
said, when a course of treatment involves considerable risk and/or great pain, a
person has the right to choose which path to take. With chemotherapy, in
particular, you cannot know, beforehand, whether the chemo will extend life
or cut it short. It </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=996531413-14082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>is a race --
will the poison kill the cancer, or the person,
first. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=996531413-14082006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>The person has to decide, together with his family, and in
consultation with his rabbi, which way to go.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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class=996531413-14082006> </SPAN><STRONG>Subject:</STRONG> [GCFL-discuss]
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<DIV>Things have been rather quiet lately. I have a few thoughts that
maybe would get a discussion going.</DIV>
<DIV>In the last little while we have had two neighbors die after long illnesses
and many and long hospital stays and doctors visits. I now have a brother
in law who is fighting a losing battle with prostate cancer. In each case
there was no chance of recovery to full health.</DIV>
<DIV>The question I have is this: Should we run up huge hospital/doctor
bills in and effort to stay alive when the illnesses are terminal? What
would be appropriate or not appropriate? Who should make the decision--the
person or the family or both?</DIV>
<DIV>I am struggling with this somewhat and would like to know your thoughts and
maybe get some new insight.</DIV>
<DIV>Frank</DIV>
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