01450nam a2200169Ia 4500008004100000020002800041041000800069050002600077100002200103245009300125260005600218300002900274505071700303650012701020952011601147999001701263231221s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a97808276076820827607687  aeng  aBM538.H43 b.D68 1998  aDorff, Elliot N.  0aMatters of life and death:ba Jewish approach to modern medical ethics/cElliot N. Dorff  aPhiladelphia : bJewish Publication Society, c1998  axix, 456 p. b; c24 cm.  aMatters 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.  aMedicine—Religious aspects—Judaism.  Health—Religious aspects—Judaism.  Medical laws and legislation (Jewish law).  00104070aGETSbGETSc GENd2023-12-27l0oBM538.H43 .D68 1998p00032685r2023-12-27 15:18:42w2023-12-27yBK  c51162d51162