Duty and healing : foundations of a Jewish bioethic /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Freedman, Benjamin
Other Authors: Weijer, Charles
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 1999.
Series:Reflective bioethics.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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 judgment in health care decisions
  • Afterword : Next steps in healing and duty.