Judaism and health
Subtitle: a handbook of practical, professional and scholarly resources
By: edited by Jeff Levin, PhD, MPH, Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University, Michele F. Prince, LCSW, MAJCS, Kalsman Institute on Judaism and Health, Hebrew Union College ; foreword by Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff, PhD
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Woodstock, Vermont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9781580237147
Subjects: Judaism; Religion and Medicine; Pastoral Care; Gesundheitsvorsorge; Medizin; Health; Healing; Medicine; Heilkunde; Juden
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 352-397) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Judaism, medicine, and healing. History of Jews in medicine and healthcare / Fred Rosner; title: At the bedside in the Babylonian Talmud : reflections on classical rabbinic healers and their approaches to helping the suffering / Rabbi Simkha Y. Weintraub; title: An overview of Jewish bioethics / Rabbi David A. Teutsch; title: Words worth healing / Rabbi William Cutter and Ronald M. Andiman; title: Spiritual resources for Jewish healthcare professionals / Elizabeth Feldman; title: Part II. Jewish pastoral care and caregiving. Jewish healthcare chaplaincy : professionalizing spiritual caregiving / Rabbi Naomi Kalish; title: Jewish pastoral care / Rabbi Mychal B. Springer; title: Pastoral care in a postmodern world : promoting spiritual health across the life cycle / Rabbi Nancy Wiener and Barbara Breitman; title: Seminary-based Jewish pastoral education / Rabbi Nancy Wiener, Rabbi Julie Schwartz, and Michele F. Prince; title: Judaism and caregiving / Rabbi Stephanie Dickstein; title: The Jewish professional as personal caregiver / Rabbi Stephen B. Roberts; title: Part III. Jewish approaches to coping with challenge. Tradition, texts, and our search for meaning / Rabbi Richard Address; title: Bad things happen : on suffering / Rabbi Rachel Adler; title: Judaism and disability : R'fuat Hanefesh : the healing of our souls, individual and communal / Rabbi Lynne F. Landsberg and Shelly Thomas Christensen; title: Judaism and resiliency / Rabbi Shira Stern; title: Doing kaddish to turn mourning into dancing / Rabbi Anne Brener; title: Creativity and healing in a Jewish context / Judith Margolis; title: Part IV. Judaism, psychology, and health. Judaism and addiction / Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski; title: Gratitude : perspectives from positive psychology and Judaism / David Pelcovitz; title: Jewish religious coping and trust in God : a review of the empirical literature / David H. Rosmarin, Devora Greer Shabtai, Steven Pirutinsky, and Kenneth I. Pargament; title: Population research on Judaism, health, and well-being / Jeff Levin; title: Part V. Jewish communal, organizational, and policy perspectives. A program assessment of the field of Judaism and health : program review and key stakeholder interviews / Michele F. Prince; title: Three Jewish lenses for work and health / Rabbi Nancy Epstein and Adina Newberg; title: Jewish ethical themes that should inform the national healthcare discussion : a prolegomenon / Jeff Levin.