Jewish biomedical law
By: edited by Daniel B. Sinclair ; translations by Sarah Avitzur, Michael Prawer and Deborah Sinclair ; revised by Daniel Sinclair, Deborah Sinclair and Bernard Jackson
Contributors: Jewish Law Association
Series: Jewish Law Association studies -- 15; Jewish Law Association studies -- 15.
Publisher: Global Academic Publishing, Binghamton University
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Binghamton, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9781586842611
Subjects: Bioethical Issues; Medical laws and legislation (Jewish law); Morals; Religion and Science; Medical Legislation; Medical laws and legislation; Patient  rights; Joods recht; Biomedische techniek; Ethics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: SECTION A: ABORTION. Feticide: the position of the Jewish tradition compared with the positions of other cultures / Moshe Weinfeld ; The modern Halakhic debate concerning the abortion of a fetus suffering from Tay Sachs Disease: extracts from Responsa ; Penal law, 5737, s.316; title: SECTION B: ASSISTED REPRODUCTION. The legal status of a child born by artificial reproductive techniques involving sperm donation or egg donation / Michael Corinaldi ; D. Nahmani v. R. Nahmani et al. ; Agreements relating to the carrying of embryos (approval of the agreement and the status of the offspring) law, 5656-1996, s.2; title: SECTION C: CLONING. Cloning of humans: scientific, ethical and Jewish aspects / Abraham Steinberg ; Prohibition on genetic intervention (cloning and germ line genetic therapy) law, 5759-1999 (amended 5764-2004); title: SECTION D: COERCIVE LIFE-SAVING MEDICAL THERAPY AND PATIENT AUTONOMY. Yosef Kurtam v. State of Israel ; Patient's rights law, 5756-1996, s.15(2) ; The obligation to heal and patient autonomy in Jewish law, with some comparative reference to the common law / Daniel B. Sinclair; title: SECTION E: THE DEFINITION OF DEATH AND CARDIAC TRANSPLANTS. Belker v. State of Israel ; Determining the time of death / Abraham Steinberg; title: SECTION F: THE TREATMENT OF THE TERMINALLY ILL. Yael Shefer (a minor) by her mother and natural guardian, Talifa Shefer v. State of Israel ; SECTION G: BONE MARROW DONATION. Donation of bone marrow: Halakhic aspects / Rav Naftali Bar-Ilan; title: SECTION H: THE SALE OF ORGANS. The sale of organs for transplantation / Rabbi Israel Meir Lau.