Medical frontiers in Jewish law : essays and responsa

Monografie

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

Object Details

• Extent: xi, 145 Seiten ; 23 cm
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: edited by Walter Jacob

References and Relationships

• Series: Studies in progressive Halakhah

Contributors, Places and Time

• Contributor: Jacob, Walter (HerausgeberIn) ; Freehof Institute of Progressive Halakhah (Herausgebendes Organ) ; Rodef Shalom Press (Verlag)
• Published: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : Solomon B. Freehof Institute of Progressive Jewish Law; Rodef Shalom Press , [2012]

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-vlib-10579
• Last update: 17.10.2025, 1:24 PM CEST