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Duty and Healing: Foundations of a Jewish Bioethic - Freedman, Benjamin
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"Duty and Healing" positions ethical issues commonly encountered in clinical situations within Jewish law. The concept of duty is significant in exploring bioethical issues, and this book presents an authentic and non-parochial Jewish approach to bioethics, while it includes critiques of both current secular and Jewish literatures. Among the issues the book explores are the role of family in medical decision-making, the question of informed consent as a personal religious duty, and the responsibilities of caretakers. The ...

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Duty and Healing: Foundations of a Jewish Bioethic 1999, Routledge, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9780415921800

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Duty and Healing: Foundations of a Jewish Bioethic 1999, Routledge, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9780415921794

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