Duty and Healing

Foundations of a Jewish Bioethic
1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-415-92180-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 472 g

Reihe: Reflective Bioethics

"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 exploration of contemporary ethical problems in healthcare through the lens of traditional sources in Jewish law is an indispensable guide of moral knowledge.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Freedman, Benjamin

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Naturschutzbiologie, Biodiversität
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Biodiversität
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Medizinische Ethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Bioethik, Tierethik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Bioethik, Tierethik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION: Charles Weijer INTRODUCTION: Goals and Framework PROLOGUE: Duty and Clinical Ethics Consultations from a Jewish Viewpoint SECTION 1. FAMILY: The Role of the Family in Medical Decision Making for Incompetent Persons SECTION 2. CONSENT: The Reasonable Caretaker and the Obligation to Consent SECTION 3. COMPETENCY: Jewish Sources and the General Theory of Competency SECTION 4. RISK: Principles of Judgement in Health Care Decisions AFTERWORD: Next Steps in Healing and Duty

Über Autor(innen)

Benjamin Freedman was a Professor of Medicine and Philosophy in the Biomedical Ethics Unit at McGill University. He wrote extensively on bioethics and was most recently co-editor of Contemporary Health Care Ethics in Canada (1995). He died in 1997. Charles Weijer is Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Office for Bioethics Education and Research at Dalhousie University.