Jewish bioethics : rabbinic law and theology in their social and historical contexts /

Jewish bioethics : rabbinic law and theology in their social and historical contexts /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Barilan, Yechiel Michael, 1966- author.
Imprint:	New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014. ©2014
Description:	ix, 285 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Medical laws and legislation (Jewish law) Medical laws and legislation -- Israel. Jewish ethics. Jewish ethics. Medical laws and legislation. Medical laws and legislation (Jewish law) Israel.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9914248

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ISBN:	9781107024663 (hardback) 1107024668 (hardback)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-275) and index.
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.

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.