title: Religious traditions and public policy.
authors.forename: J David
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Bleich
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives; D026688:Bioethical Issues; D001675:Bioethics; D001926:Brain Death; D002961:Civil Rights; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003643:Death; D003709:Democracy; D004989:Ethics; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive; D005610:Freedom; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D006801:Humans; D007599:Judaism; D007603:Jurisprudence; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D018907:Privacy; D011640:Public Policy; D011788:Quality of Life; D012067:Religion; D040841:Resource Allocation; D012945:Social Values; D028725:Theology; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D014481:United States; D026712:Value of Life; D028761:Withholding Treatment