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 Due to rapid advances in the medical field, existing books on Jewish medical ethics are quickly becoming outdated.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 ...
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