The Obligation to Heal and Patient Autonomy in Jewish Law
The first part of the article deals with the tension between Divine and human healing in the Bible and the Talmud. The second part focuses on the halakhic status of medical practice and, in particular, the question of whether or not it constitutes the fulfilment of an independent halakhic obligation...
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Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1998
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Journal of law and religion
Year: 1998, Volume: 13, Issue: 2, Pages: 351-377 |
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