Biomedical Ethics and Jewish Law

by Fred Rosner

Dr. Fred Rosner's Biomedical Ethics and Jewish Law is for informed readers who wish to keep in touch with developments in this area from the standpoint of both science and Jewish tradition. The present volume adds ten new chapters, dealing with such compelling medical issues as medical confidentiality, contraception, artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, surrogate motherhood, sex predetermination, abortion and pregnancy reduction, genetic screening, gene therapy, cloning, euthanasia, quality of life, death and dying, organ translation, autopsy, embalming and cremation, animal and human experimentation, scarce resource allocation, managed care, cosmetic surgery, the disabled unconventional therapies, AIDS, smoking, physician's fees, and much more.

552 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Jordy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Focuses more on what Jewish law says about biomedical ethics, rather than focusing on biomedical ethics and what is Jewish laws perspective on it.