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Gerald Schiener, a psychi- atrist with Sinai Hospital in Detroit, acknowledges that emotional pain often drives terminally ill people to con- sider suicide. The psychiatrist says, however, that these peo- ple are not necessarily men- tally ill. "If a patient's thinking is logical and not colored by hopelessness, then it's not likely that (a desire to commit suicide) is caused by mental illness," said Dr. Schiener. "I don't have a problem with suicide or assisted sui- cide," Dr. Schiener said. "If someone wanted to end his own life, and that person was not psychiatrically ill, I wouldn't stand in the way." Unlike Dr. Friedman, Dr. Schiener, who is a Con- servative Jew, believes Juda- ism affords the afflicted some moral leeway. Although he would not participate in an assisted suicide, he said the decision should be made by the individual who is termi- nally ill, so long as he is ra- tional. Dr. Robert M. Starr, a gen- eral practitioner who works in Detroit, disagrees. Like Dr. Friedman, he argues that sui- cide and medicide conflict with Halachah. "Our Torah teaches us that life is precious and belongs to God and we don't have the right to end a life," Dr. Starr said. "I didn't give life. I can't take it away." But who's playing God? asked Michael A. Schwartz, one of Dr. Kevorkian's attor- neys. Mr. Schwartz said it's relatively easy for healthy in- dividuals to choose life. They do not have to endure the ex- crutiating pain experienced by people like Mrs. Gold- baum, he said. Mr. Schwartz denounced clergy and politicians in the Michigan legislature who sup- port the impending April ban on assisted suicide. `The bottom line of all ti-* is people have to decide fo themselves," he said. "Whe you're sitting in the situati where you're suffering, yo know better than anyone els how much you can endur Rabbis can say what the will. It's real easy to comfo yourself with all these reli gious principles." Mr. Schwartz went on say that he believes Judais is not "dogmatic" about issue. "It seems to me tha Judaism, above all, stands f compassion," he said. "Juda ism dictates that when the solute letter of the law com up against suffering, excep- tion to the law will be mad in order to prevent further pain and suffering." The Hospice of South- eastern Michigan is setting . Assisted suicide sparks Jewish debate. up a program focusing on care for terminally ill Jewish pa- tients. "Whether (assisted suicide) is a better alternative is some- thing each person decides for himself," said Lois Arm- vice president of the Hospice. "Assisted suicide is not a service we provide at all. Our experience is that peo- ple, if given enough support, would like to live." David Techner, funeral di- rector at Ira Kaufman Chapel, serves as chair of the Jewish Hospice Task Force. The philosophy of hospice, he says, is to mitigate the pain of a terminally ill patient to help the individual enjoy the last days of his life. Hospice advocates using pain killers, but not neces- sarily continuing ineffective or temporary treatments for those who will die soon any- way. "Sometimes (discontinuing treatment) might hasten death, but it's not like taking something that will cause death," Mr. Techner said. Mr. Techner and Mrs. Armstrong stressed that they do not stand in judgement of Mrs. Goldbaum. In a letter to Dr. Kevorldan, Mrs. Goldbaum revealed that she had nothing "to look for- SUICIDE page 22