Matters of life and death: a Jewish approach to modern medical ethics/ Elliot N. Dorff
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 1998Description: xix, 456 p. ; 24 cmISBN: - 97808276076820827607687
- BM538.H43 .D68 1998
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Matters of method and belief. Consulting the Jewish tradition for moral guidance -- Fundamental beliefs underlying Jewish medical ethics -- Moral issues at the beginning of life. Having children with one's own genetic materials -- Having children using donated genetic materials -- Preventing pregnancy -- The social context of generating life -- Matters at the end of life. Preparing for death -- The process of dying -- After death: cremation, autopsy, and organ donation -- The commununal context of medical care. Preventing illness -- Linking mind and body -- Nonmedical aspects of medical care -- Epilogue: An imperative to choose life -- Appendix: The philosophical foundations of my approach to bioethics.
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