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unusual facts about living will



Robert Derzon

As part of a series of recommendations to United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Joseph A. Califano, Jr. sent in June 1977, Derzon supported the nationwide implementation of living will laws that had been enacted in California, suggesting that Federal aid be withheld to states that did not pass such laws.


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Metropolitan Jewish Hospice

Because Orthodox Jewish patients look to Jewish law (Halakha) and tradition for guidance and answers regarding hospice care, Metropolitan Jewish Hospice created the Halachic Pathway that enables Orthodox Jewish patients to sign a Halachic Living Will if they so choose.