Format:
xi, 145 Seiten
,
23 cm
ISBN:
9780929699240
,
0929699246
Series Statement:
Studies in progressive halakhah [Volume 19]
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
Additional Edition:
Elektronische Reproduktion Medical frontiers in Jewish law Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : Solomon B. Freehof Institute of Progressive Jewish Law, 2012 ISBN 9780929699240
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0929699246
Language:
English
Author information:
Jacob, Walter 1930-
