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Medical frontiers in Jewish law : essays and responsa / edited by Walter Jacob

Englisch

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : Solomon B. Freehof Institute of Progressive Jewish Law ; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : Rodef Shalom Press, [2012]

2012

xi, 145 Seiten ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references

Medical frontiers and Jewish law

Elektronische Reproduktion: Medical frontiers in Jewish law. - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : Solomon B. Freehof Institute of Progressive Jewish Law, 2012. - xi, 145 Seiten

978-0-929699-24-0

0-929699-24-6

*Medical laws and legislation (Jewish law) ; Medicine -- Religious aspects -- Judaism ; Jewish ethics ; Reform Judaism -- United States

*Religion and Medicine ; Judaism ; Legislation, Medical ; United States

*Medical laws and legislation (Jewish law) ; Medicine ; Jewish ethics ; Reform Judaism ; Religion and Medicine ; Judaism ; Legislation, Medical ; United States

2013 I-328 ; WB 60

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: KBM3098.5

The Woodchopper revisited : on analogy, Halakhah, and Jewish bioethics / Mark Washofsky -- "An Ounce of Prevention, A Pound of Cure" : preventive surgery as legitimate medicine / Audrey R. Korotkin -- Compulsory testing for HIV and other infectious diseases / Jonah Sievers -- Changing views of health care delivery / Walter Jacob -- Selected responsa : Dangers of surgery correcting congenital craniofacial malformations -- Banks for human organs -- AIDS and free needles for drug addicts -- Taharah and AIDS -- Jewish involvement in genetic engineering -- Patenting genetic engineering