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Description

1. ix, 285 pages; 24 cm

Summary

1. "This book presents the discourse in Jewish law and rabbinic literature on bioethical issues, highlighting practical problems in their socio-historical contexts. Yechiel Michael Barilan discusses end-of-life care, abortion, infertility treatments, the brain death debate, and the organ market. Barilan also presents the theology and spirituality of Jewish medical law, the communal responsibility for healthcare, and the charitable sick-care societies that flourished in the Jewish communities until the beginning of the twentieth century"--

Subject

1. Medical laws and legislation (Jewish law)
2. RELIGION / Judaism / General
3. Jewish ethics
4. Medical laws and legislation > Israel
5. Bioethical Issues

Contents

1. Introduction -- An outline of "Jewish bioethics" -- Health and healthcare -- Doctor patient relationship -- The human body -- Fertility and very early prenatal life -- Childbirth and abortion -- Care for premature neonates -- Organ transplantation and the brain death debate -- Terminal care and the ends of life.

Call number

1. *PMP 14-181

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-278) and index.

Author

1. Barilan, Yechiel Michael, 1966-

Title

1. Jewish bioethics : rabbinic law and theology in their social and historical contexts / Yechiel Michael Barilan, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.

Publisher

1. New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-278) and index.

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1. Cover image

LCCN

1. 2013029437

ISBN

1. 9781107024663 (hbk.)
2. 1107024668 (hbk.)

Research call number

1. *PMP 14-181