Doesn Hospice contradict the Jewish emphasis on preserving life?
No, it does not. Hospice is devoted to caring for terminally ill individuals whose life expectancy has been measured in months rather than years and for whom cure is no longer a realistic expectation. Under Hospice care, the desired goals are to maximize patient comfort and improve the quality of life. Ohr Ami affirms the Jewish imperative u’va’harta ba’hayyim, “choose life”. By helping to assure that a patient is kept as comfortable and pain-free as possible, by assisting the patient and family to attend to end-of-life issues and by maximizing the quality of their time together, Ohr Ami honors the mandate to cherish life and live every day to its fullest.
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