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

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...

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Main Author: Barilan, Yechiel Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2014.
In:Year: 2014
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Jewish ethics / Bioethics
Further subjects:B Medical laws and legislation Israel
B Medical laws and legislation (Israel)
B Medical laws and legislation ; Israel
B Medical laws and legislation (Jewish law)
B Jewish ethics
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: 9781107024663
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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.
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
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
ISBN:1139175890
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139175890