Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Jacob, Walter[Herausgeber]

Titel

Medical frontiers in Jewish law : essays and responsa

Ist Teil von

• Studies in progressive halakhah : 19 (Alle Bände)

Ort / Verlag

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : Rodef Shalom Press

Erscheinungsjahr

[2012]

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Includes bibliographical references
• The Woodchopper revisited : on analogy, Halakhah, and Jewish bioethics / Mark Washofsky -- "An Ounce of Prevention, A Pound of Cure" : preventive surgery as legitimate medicine / Audrey R. Korotkin -- Compulsory testing for HIV and other infectious diseases / Jonah Sievers -- Changing views of health care delivery / Walter Jacob -- Selected responsa : Dangers of surgery correcting congenital craniofacial malformations -- Banks for human organs -- AIDS and free needles for drug addicts -- Taharah and AIDS -- Jewish involvement in genetic engineering -- Patenting genetic engineering