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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014Description: 1 online resource (298 pages)ISBN:
  • 9781107503588 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Jewish bioethics : rabbinic law and theology in their social and historical contexts.DDC classification:
  • 296.3/693 23
LOC classification:
  • KBM3098 .B37 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Description based on print version record.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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