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Jewish Ethics and the Care of End-of-life Patients

Author : Peter Joel Hurwitz

Publisher : KTAV Publishing House, Inc.

Page : 274 pages

File Size : 40,74 MB

Release : 2006

Category : Family & Relationships

ISBN : 9780881259216

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Determined by laws, still allows for many different--and sometimes mutually contradictory--viewpoints. For professionals, religious leaders, and the general public. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).



Matters of Life and Death

Author :

Publisher : Jewish Publication Society

Page : 484 pages

File Size : 48,66 MB

Release :

Category : Medical

ISBN : 9780827610224

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This book discusses modern medical ethical dilemas from a specifically conservative Jewish point of view. The author includes issues such as artifical insemination, genetic engineering, cloning, surrogate motherhood, and birth control, as well as living wills, hospice care, euthanasia, organ donation, and autopsy.



Jewish Bioethics

Author : Fred Rosner

Publisher : KTAV Publishing House, Inc.

Page : 486 pages

File Size : 15,12 MB

Release : 2000

Category : Law

ISBN : 9780881256628

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How do you define the precise moment of death? Should "pulling the plug" and mercy killings be allowed by law? Is it necessary to control the birth of "test tube babies"? Should abortions be legal and freely available? What are the social implications of sex-change operations? Should research on cloning and genetic engineering be allowed and encouraged? Should doctors be permitted to perform medical experiments on human subjects?



Life and Death Responsibilities in Jewish Biomedical Ethics

Author : Aaron L. Mackler

Publisher : JTS Press

Page : 554 pages

File Size : 11,64 MB

Release : 2000

Category : Religion

ISBN :

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Papers on biomedical ethics that integrate the resources of millenia with the most recent developments in medicine and ethical thought.



Religion: A Clinical Guide for Nurses

Author : Elizabeth Johnston Taylor

Publisher : Springer Publishing Company

Page : 290 pages

File Size : 28,30 MB

Release : 2012-03-07

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0826108601

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Caring for Jewish Patients

Author : Joseph Spitzer

Publisher : CRC Press

Page : 345 pages

File Size : 12,28 MB

Release : 2020-01-31

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1315344181

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Jewish patients customarily have particular ways of approaching health and healthcare. This book outlines the Jewish practices and customs of direct relevance to health professionals, illustrated throughout with case histories. Information is provided to facilitate day to day communication, discussing etiquette and interpersonal relationships between the health professionals and their patients, describing in detail the dietary laws, customs and festivals. This book will offer practical advice about Jews, Judaism and the Jewish community helping to educate and enable all healthcare professionals in hospitals and in the community to provide care in a culturally appropriate manner.



Medical Care at the End of Life

Author : David F. Kelly

Publisher : Georgetown University Press

Page : 193 pages

File Size : 34,87 MB

Release : 2006

Category : Medical

ISBN : 1589011120

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Outlining eight major issues regarding end-of-life care as seen through the lens of the Catholic medical ethics tradition, this work looks at the distinction between ordinary and extraordinary means; the difference between killing and allowing to die; and criteria of patient competence.



Biomedical Ethics and Jewish Law

Author : Fred Rosner

Publisher : KTAV Publishing House, Inc.

Page : 580 pages

File Size : 11,60 MB

Release : 2001

Category : Law

ISBN : 9780881257014

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"In addition, a number of the earlier chapters have been thoroughly revised in light of current developments. The book is an addition to the library of anyone who is concerned about the interaction between modern medicine and Jewish law in the twenty-first century."--BOOK JACKET.



Jewish Bioethics

Author : Yechiel Michael Barilan

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 297 pages

File Size : 25,97 MB

Release : 2014

Category : Law

ISBN : 1107024668

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Presents the discourse in Jewish law and rabbinic literature on bioethical issues, highlighting practical problems in their socio-historical contexts.



Encyclopedia of Jewish Medical Ethics

Author : Fred Rosner

Publisher : Feldheim Publishers

Page : 1290 pages

File Size : 11,32 MB

Release : 2003

Category : Law

ISBN : 9781583305928

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Ethical issues in modern medicine are of great concern and interest to all physicians and health-care providers throughout the world, as well as to the public at large. Jewish scholars and ethicists have discussed medical ethics throughout Jewish history.