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Medical frontiers in Jewish law : essays and responsa / edited by Walter Jacob
Editor
Jacob, Walter
Corporate name
Freehof Institute of Progressive Halakhah ; Rodef Shalom Press
Published
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : Solomon B. Freehof Institute of Progressive Jewish Law ; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : Rodef Shalom Press, [2012]
Description
xi, 145 Seiten ; 23 cm
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Includes bibliographical references
Medical frontiers and Jewish law
Series
Studies in progressive Halakhah ; [Volume 19]
Electronic Edition
Potsdam : Universitätsbibliothek, 2018
URN
urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-vlib-10579

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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

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