Jewish Guide to Practical Medical Decision Making
Check out
this new 368-page
book from Rabbi Jason Weiner: Jewish Guide to Practical
Medical Decision Making.
Due to rapid advances in the medical field, existing books on Jewish medical
ethics are quickly becoming outdated. Jewish
Guide to Practical Medical Decision Making seeks to remedy that by
presenting the most contemporary medical information and rabbinic rulings in an
accessible, user-friendly manner.
Rabbi Weiner addresses a broad range of medical circumstances such as surrogacy
and egg donation, assisted suicide, and end-of-life decision making. Based on
his extensive training and practical familiarity inside a major hospital, Rabbi
Weiner provides clear and concise guidance to facilitate complex
decision-making for the most common medical dilemmas that arise in contemporary
society.
1. Facilitating Shared Decision-Making
A. Understanding Terminology: Key Concepts to Facilitate
Collaborative Decision-Making
B. Truth-Telling: When Painful Medical Information Should
and Should Not Be Revealed
C. Mental Illness: Determining Capacity and Proper Treatment
in Accordance with Jewish Law
2. How Much Treatment?
A. Risk and Self-Endangerment: Determining the
Appropriateness of Attempting Various Levels of Dangerous Medical Procedures
B. Making Decisions on Behalf of an Incapacitated Patient
C. Pediatrics: Jewish Law and Determining a Child’s Consent
and Treatment
D. Palliative Care and Hospice in ...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
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