TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barilan,Yechiel Michael
TI  - Jewish bioethics: rabbinic law and theology in their social and historical contexts 
SN  - 9781461953692 (electronic bk.)
AV  - KBM3098 .B37 2013eb
U1  - 296.3/693 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Medical laws and legislation (Jewish law)
KW  - Medical laws and legislation
KW  - Israel
KW  - Jewish ethics
KW  - RELIGION / Judaism / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - "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"--
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