Jewish Bioethics

Rabbinic Law and Theology in their Social and Historical Contexts

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Judaism, Science & Nature, Science
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Author: Dr Yechiel Michael Barilan ISBN: 9781107502093
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: December 30, 2013
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Dr Yechiel Michael Barilan
ISBN: 9781107502093
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: December 30, 2013
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

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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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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