Authors: Fred Rosner
ISBN-13: 9780881257014, ISBN-10: 088125701X
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Date Published: May 2001
Edition: New Edition
"Dr. Fred Rosner's Biomedical Ethics and Jewish Law is for informed readers who wish to keep in touch with developments in this area from the standpoint of both science and Jewish tradition. The present volume adds ten new chapters, dealing with such compelling medical issues as medical confidentiality, contraception, artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, surrogate motherhood, sex predetermination, abortion and pregnancy reduction, genetic screening, gene therapy, cloning, euthanasia, quality of life, death and dying, organ translation, autopsy, embalming and cremation, animal and human experimentation, scarce resource allocation, managed care, cosmetic surgery, the disabled unconventional therapies, AIDS, smoking, physician's fees, and much more." "In addition, a number of the earlier chapters have been thoroughly revised in light of current developments. The book is an addition to the library of anyone who is concerned about the interaction between modern medicine and Jewish law in the twenty-first century."--BOOK JACKET.
Dr. Rosner, the director of the department of medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, analyzes how ancient Talmudic law forms the basis for decisions related to complex contemporary medical issues. He presents sometimes conflicting interpretations of such matters as the doctor-patient relationship, beginning and end of life questions, managed care, AIDS, alternative therapies, smoking, and cosmetic surgery. This volume updates his (1991). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Foreword | ||
Preface | ||
1 | The Physician's License to Heal | 5 |
2 | The Patient's Obligation to Seek Healing | 13 |
3 | Medical Confidentiality | 21 |
4 | Physicians' Fees | 29 |
5 | Physicians' Strikes | 41 |
6 | Gifts to Physicians from Drug Companies | 51 |
7 | The Best of Physicians is Destined for Gehenna | 63 |
8 | Priests Studying and Practicing Medicine | 71 |
9 | Visiting the Sick | 85 |
10 | AIDS: A Jewish View | 91 |
11 | Contraception | 111 |
12 | Artificial Insemiriation | 127 |
13 | In Vitro Fertilization, Surrogate Motherhood, and Sex Organ Transplants | 143 |
14 | Sex Preselection and Predetermination | 165 |
15 | Abortion | 175 |
16 | Pregnancy Reduction | 197 |
17 | Genetic Screening, Genetic Therapy and Cloning | 205 |
18 | Quality and Sanctity of Life | 223 |
19 | Euthanasia | 237 |
20 | Rabbi Moshe Feinstein on the Treatment of the Terminally Ill | 257 |
21 | Suicide | 271 |
22 | Definition of Death | 287 |
23 | Research and/or Training on the Newly Dead | 303 |
24 | Organ Transplantation | 313 |
25 | Pig Organs for Transplantation into Humans | 335 |
26 | Compensating Organ Donors | 347 |
27 | Skin Grafting and Skin Banks | 355 |
28 | Autopsy | 367 |
29 | Embalming and Cremation | 389 |
30 | Human Experimentation | 407 |
31 | Animal Experimentation | 413 |
32 | The Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources | 435 |
33 | Smoking and Jewish Law | 451 |
34 | Dental Emergencies on the Sabbath | 463 |
35 | Unconventional Therapies | 477 |
36 | Pigeons as a Remedy (Segulah) for Jaundice | 491 |
37 | The Physically and Mentally Disabled | 503 |
38 | Managed Care: The Jewish View | 513 |
39 | Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery | 531 |
Subject Index | 539 | |
Name Index | 545 |