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...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
| Subito Delivery Service: | Order now. |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| 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: | Print version: 9781107024663 |
| 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 |