02727nam a2200517Ki 4500 ocn864552222 OCoLC 20200709055957.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 131203s2013 nyu o 000 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T 9781461953692 (electronic bk.) 1461953693 (electronic bk.) 9781107024663 1107024668 (OCoLC)864552222 644571 (N$T) a-is--- KBM3098 .B37 2013eb REL 040000 bisacsh 296.3/693 23 REL040000 bisacsh N$TA Barilan, Yechiel Michael, 1966- Jewish bioethics : rabbinic law and theology in their social and historical contexts / Yechiel Michael Barilan, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013. 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier 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. "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. Description based on print version record. Medical laws and legislation (Jewish law) Medical laws and legislation Israel. Jewish ethics. RELIGION / Judaism / General. bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Barilan, Yechiel Michael, 1966- Jewish bioethics 9781107024663 (DLC) 2013029437 (OCoLC)853664477 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=644571 Cover image http://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/24663/cover/9781107024663.jpg EBSCOhost EBSC 644571 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 53982 53982