On Life and Death
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On Life and Death

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שנת הוצאה:ספטמבר 2026
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When medicine can prolong life but cannot restore health, how should decisions about treatment be made? On Life and Death examines the difficult choices that arise where suffering, personal wishes, professional responsibility, and the protection of life meet.

Dr. Dvir Levin brings medical, nursing, legal, and ethical perspectives to the history and practice of care at the end of life. Beginning with changing attitudes toward death and the rise of modern life-sustaining technologies, the book follows the development of Israel's Dying Patient Law and explores the dilemmas surrounding its implementation.

Advance directives, decision-making capacity, family disagreements, palliative care, and the limits of treatment are considered alongside debates about euthanasia and assisted dying. International comparisons show how different legal systems approach autonomy, oversight, and the protection of vulnerable people, while clarifying why distinct practices cannot be treated as interchangeable.

Throughout, the focus remains on the person whose life is at stake and on those who must make decisions under pressure and uncertainty. Accessible to professionals and general readers alike, On Life and Death offers a thoughtful framework for understanding one of medicine's most demanding questions: how to respect a person's wishes and dignity as life draws to a close.

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An exploration of choice, suffering, and human dignity at the end of life. Bringing together medicine, nursing, law, and ethics, Dr. Dvir Levin examines Israel's Dying Patient Law, advance planning, palliative care, and international debates about assisted dying, keeping patients and families at the center of the discussion.

 
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