Jewish Ethics and the Care of End-of-life Patients

Jewish Ethics and the Care of End-of-life Patients
Author: Peter Joel Hurwitz
Publisher: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2006
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780881259216

Determined by laws, still allows for many different--and sometimes mutually contradictory--viewpoints. For professionals, religious leaders, and the general public. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Matters of Life and Death

Matters of Life and Death
Author:
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
Total Pages: 484
Release:
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780827610224

This book discusses modern medical ethical dilemas from a specifically conservative Jewish point of view. The author includes issues such as artifical insemination, genetic engineering, cloning, surrogate motherhood, and birth control, as well as living wills, hospice care, euthanasia, organ donation, and autopsy.

Matters of Life and Death

Matters of Life and Death
Author: Elliot N. Dorff
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society of America
Total Pages: 456
Release: 2003-09
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780827607682

The International Society for Science and Religion has selected Matters of Life and Death as an element of the ISSR Library. The mission of the ISSR Library is "to provide a comprehensive resource for scholars, students, and interested lay readers in the area of science and the human spirit.” The incredible medical breakthroughs of today, like genetic engineering, in-vitro fertilizations, and cloning have transformed long-held beliefs on the nature of both life and death, raising difficult moral and religious questions. In Matters of Life and Death Elliot Dorff thoroughly addresses this unavoidable confluence of medical technology and Jewish law and ethics.

Jewish Bioethics

Jewish Bioethics
Author: Fred Rosner
Publisher: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Total Pages: 486
Release: 2000
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780881256628

How do you define the precise moment of death? Should "pulling the plug" and mercy killings be allowed by law? Is it necessary to control the birth of "test tube babies"? Should abortions be legal and freely available? What are the social implications of sex-change operations? Should research on cloning and genetic engineering be allowed and encouraged? Should doctors be permitted to perform medical experiments on human subjects?

Medical Care at the End of Life

Medical Care at the End of Life
Author: David F. Kelly
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2006
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1589011120

Outlining eight major issues regarding end-of-life care as seen through the lens of the Catholic medical ethics tradition, this work looks at the distinction between ordinary and extraordinary means; the difference between killing and allowing to die; and criteria of patient competence.

Caring for Jewish Patients

Caring for Jewish Patients
Author: Joseph Spitzer
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2020-01-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1315344181

Jewish patients customarily have particular ways of approaching health and healthcare. This book outlines the Jewish practices and customs of direct relevance to health professionals, illustrated throughout with case histories. Information is provided to facilitate day to day communication, discussing etiquette and interpersonal relationships between the health professionals and their patients, describing in detail the dietary laws, customs and festivals. This book will offer practical advice about Jews, Judaism and the Jewish community helping to educate and enable all healthcare professionals in hospitals and in the community to provide care in a culturally appropriate manner.

Encyclopedia of Jewish Medical Ethics

Encyclopedia of Jewish Medical Ethics
Author: Fred Rosner
Publisher: Feldheim Publishers
Total Pages: 1290
Release: 2003
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781583305928

Ethical issues in modern medicine are of great concern and interest to all physicians and health-care providers throughout the world, as well as to the public at large. Jewish scholars and ethicists have discussed medical ethics throughout Jewish history.