Contemporary biomedical ethical issues and Jewish law
By: Fred Rosner.
Publisher: Ktav Pub. House
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Jersey City, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780881259469
Subjects: Medical laws and legislation (Jewish law); Medical ethics -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Genetic screening and genetic therapy; title: The ethical use of stem cells; title: Medical research in children; title: Human cloning; title: Separating siamese twins; title: The treatment of newborns with ambiguous or traumatized genitalia; title: Physicians' fees in Jewish law; title: Medical confidentiality and patient privacy; title: Court-ordered medical and surgical interventions; title: Informed consent: recent developments; title: Informing the patient about a fatal disease: from paternalism to autonomy; title: Medical malpractice, negligence, and liability in liability; title: Problem doctors: is there a solution?; title: Patients' rights and caregivers' rights (physicians and nurses); title: The terri schiavo case in Jewish law; title: Death by withdrawal of nutrition and hydration: mercy or murder?; title: Hospice care for the terminally ill: help or hindrance?; title: Futile care for the terminally ill: it may be legal, but is it ethical or morally justifiable?; title: Human research in critically ill patients in an icu or emergency room setting; title: Organ transplantation and Jewish law; title: Payment for organ donors; title: Ethical dilemmas of an observant Jewish physician practicing in a secular society; title: Managed care : a Jewish view; title: Therapeutic efficacy of laughter in medicine; title: Allocation or misallocation of limited medical resources; title: Are the courts practicing medicine?; title: Smoking, lung cancer, and the tobacco industry : ethical considerations; title: Bioterrorism : are we prepared?.