ISBN:
9780881259469
,
0881259462
Language:
English
Pages:
XXII, 239 S.
,
24 cm
Year of publication:
2007
DDC:
296.3642
Keywords:
Medical laws and legislation (Jewish law)
;
Medical ethics Religious aspects
;
Judaism
Description / Table of Contents:
Genetic screening and genetic therapy -- The ethical use of stem cells -- Medical research in children -- Human cloning -- Separating Siamese twins -- The treatment of newborns with ambiguous or traumatized genitalia -- Physicians' fees in Jewish law -- Medical confidentiality and patient privacy -- Court-ordered medical and surgical interventions -- Informed consent: recent developments -- Informing the patient about a fatal disease: from paternalism to autonomy -- Medical malpractice, negligence, and liability in liability -- Problem doctors: is there a solution? -- Patients' rights and caregivers' rights (physicians and nurses) -- The Terri Schiavo case in Jewish law -- Death by withdrawal of nutrition and hydration: mercy or murder? -- Hospice care for the terminally ill: help or hindrance? -- Futile care for the terminally ill: it may be legal, but is it ethical or morally justifiable? -- Human research in critically ill patients in an ICU or emergency room setting -- Organ transplantation and Jewish law -- Payment for organ donors -- Ethical dilemmas of an observant Jewish physician practicing in a secular society -- Managed care : a Jewish view -- Therapeutic efficacy of laughter in medicine -- Allocation or misallocation of limited medical resources -- Are the courts practicing medicine? -- Smoking, lung cancer, and the tobacco industry : ethical considerations -- Bioterrorism : are we prepared?
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-228) and index
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