Encyclopedia of Jewish Medical Ethics: A Compilation of Jewish Medical Law on All Topics of Medical Interest

by Avraham Steinberg, Fred Rosner

Ethical issues in modern medicine are of great concern and interest to all physicians and health-care providers throughout the world, as well as to the public at large. Jewish scholars and ethicists have discussed medical ethics throughout Jewish history,

Genres: Jewish

1169 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[LP · Rating 3 out of 5]

A frequently engrossing and valuable reference work that I would have rated even higher had it refrained from repeatedly misinforming the reader about medical ethics in the Islamic world.

(The text could also have benefited from better proofing. The spelling of given names in this work is eccentric in some cases, incorrect in others.)