Jewish Biomedical Law Legal and Extra-legal Dimensions [Hardcover]

Dealing with major issues in Jewish biomedical law, this book focuses upon the influence of morality, the rise of patient autonomy, and the role played by scientific progress in this area of Jewish Law. The book examines Jewish Law in comparison with Canon, Common, and modern Israeli law.

Introduction
Abortion
Assisted Reproduction
Genetics
The Obligation to Heal and Patient Autonomy
The Terminally Ill Patient
Science, Halakhah, and Public Health Policy: The Definition of Death, Heart Transplants, Organ Donations, and the Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources
Conclusion

This excellent new book makes an important contribution to the English-language literature on Jewish medical ethics.... Defining Jewish ethics as halakhah was an apologetic move that has burdened the field ever since. Sinclair has now taken up the challenge and presented us with a brilliant analysis that examines the extra-legal dimensions as well. --The Israeli Medical Association Journal

Rabbi Daniel Sinclairis Professor of Jewish Comparative Biomedical Law at the College of Management Academic Studies in Tel-Aviv.