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050			_aBM538.H43 _b.D68 1998
100			_aDorff, Elliot N.
245		0	_aMatters of life and death: _ba Jewish approach to modern medical ethics/ _cElliot N. Dorff
260			_aPhiladelphia : _bJewish Publication Society, _c1998
300			_axix, 456 p. _b; _c24 cm.
505			_aMatters of method and belief. Consulting the Jewish tradition for moral guidance -- Fundamental beliefs underlying Jewish medical ethics -- Moral issues at the beginning of life. Having children with one's own genetic materials -- Having children using donated genetic materials -- Preventing pregnancy -- The social context of generating life -- Matters at the end of life. Preparing for death -- The process of dying -- After death: cremation, autopsy, and organ donation -- The commununal context of medical care. Preventing illness -- Linking mind and body -- Nonmedical aspects of medical care -- Epilogue: An imperative to choose life -- Appendix: The philosophical foundations of my approach to bioethics.
650			_aMedicine—Religious aspects—Judaism. Health—Religious aspects—Judaism. Medical laws and legislation (Jewish law).
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