Advanced modern medicine brings with it the great blessing of improved quality of life and prolonged life expectancy. However, many moral dilemmas have arisen based on the scientific ability to implement medical knowledge acquired throughout the years. In this essay, Rabbi Yuval Cherlow analyzes the Jewish position towards the possibility to extend life, and even more divisive, towards shortening life.

Does the obligation of preservation of life mandate treatment at any cost? When are we obligated to treat and when is it proper to exercise restraint? A Compendium of Relevant Halachot