{"product_id":"duty-and-healing-foundations-of-a-jewish-bioethic-reflective-bioethics-9780415921794","title":"Duty and Healing Foundations of a Jewish Bioethic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuty 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. \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The book is well written and stands on its own merits. The use of real clinical cases, especially, makes for a fascinating interplay between theory and practice throughout. . . Freedman certainly fulfilled his objective of showing how \"Religion [in his case, Judaism] can provide a fuller understanding, by placing the questions raised within a global and even cosmic context.' \" --David Novak, University of Toronto (ONT).\"\u003cbr\u003e\"The late Benjamin Freedman's Duty and Healing\u003cem\u003e adds to his\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eremarkable legacy and reminds us just how much we will\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003emiss his distinctive voice in bioethics. Laying the\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003efoundations for a Jewish approach to bioethics, and\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eillustrating his arguments with numerous case studies,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eFreedman shows how a model of duty offers a distinctive\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eand illuminating perspective on ethics consultations,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003efamily decisions, informed consent, determinations of\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ecompetence, and judgments about risk. I strongly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003erecommend this book.\" -- James F. Childress, Kyle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eProfessor of Religious Studies \u0026amp; Professor of Medical\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eEducation; Co-Director, Virginia Health Policy Center\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"While Freedman's analysis is built solidly on Jewish principles, the resulting practical and theoretical construct reaches out beyond the confines of Judaism and embraces readers who do not necessarily share the author's religious ties. Freedman strongly believed that Judaism and other religious traditions provide a perspective missing, yet badly needed, in current bioethical discussion. His vision of a bioethics based on duties is one that will have broad appeal to those who have become increasingly uncomfortable with a bioethics based on a regime of rights.\" -- -Theodore Fleischer \u003cem\u003ePerspectives in Biology and Medicine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEDITOR'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","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402157826391,"sku":"9780415921794","price":156.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/duty-and-healing-foundations-of-a-jewish-bioethic-reflective-bioethics-9780415921794","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}