Jewish bioethics : : rabbinic law and theology in their social and historical contexts / / Yechiel Michael Barilan, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
"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. B...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York : : Cambridge University Press,, 2014. |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (298 pages) |
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Table of 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.