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Jewish Medical Ethics & Halacha - Journal500 fast cash

Editors: Prof. Shimon Glick, M.D., Rabbi Mordechai Halperin, M.D., Prof. David Fink, Ph.D.

Jewish Medical Ethics (JME) is the English journal of the Schlesinger Institute for medical-halachic research. The journal, features a collection of articles and abstracts in medicine and Jewish law. The journal aims for physicians rabbis and layman.

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Jewish Medical Ethics series (2 volumes) 500 fast cash

Editors: Rabbi Mordechai Halperin, MD, Prof. Shimon Glick, MD, and Rabbi David Fink, PhD

The books in the Jewish Medical Ethics series contain articles which originally appeared in the academic journal Assia-Jewish Medical Ethics published by the Schlesinger Institute.

The first book includes a preface by Prof. Elon "Medicine, Halacha, and Law: The Values of a Jewish and Democratic State" and is divided into four parts: Jewish Medical Ethics, Genetics, Mental Health, and Organ Donation and Transplantation.
496 pp., Hard cover, 2004.

The second book is divided into six parts: Jewish Medical Ethics, Fertility, Infertility and Abortion, AIDS, Lifesaving, Death and Euthenasia, and Siamese Twins.
464 pp., Hard cover, 2006.

Dedicated to the late Erwin I. and Martha Samson

Halachot for the Physician on the Sabbath and Festivals
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By A.S. Abraham, M.D., F.R.C.P.

A pocket guidebook of medical Halacha. 130 pp., soft cover, 1995.

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Halachot for the Patient on the Sabbath, Festivals and Yom-Kippur
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By A.S. Abraham, M.D., F.R.C.P.

A pocket guidebook of medical Halacha. 212 pp., soft cover, 1997.

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Proceedings from the First International Colloquium on Medicine, Ethics and Jewish Law (1993)

Edited by Rabbi M. Halperin, M.D., and Rabbi D. Fink, Ph.D.

Topics covered in the July 1993 Colloquium: male infertility, AIDS, organ transplantation, psychiatry, dentistry, fetal defects, and the terminally ill patient. Essays include the medical and legal background to each topic as well as responsa. 346 pp., hard cover.

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Second International Colloquium on Medicine, Ethics and Jewish Law: Collection of Essays (1996)

Edited by Rabbi M. Halperin, M.D., and Y. Priner.

Background materials published in preparation for the 1996 colloquium. Topics include: the contributions of the late Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, surrogate motherhood, alternative medicine, medical malpractice, allocation of scarce resources, medical experimentation, and the end of life. 265 pp., hard & soft cover.

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The Comprehensive Guide to Medical Halacha500 fast cash

Revised edition, A.S. Abraham, M.D., F.R.C.P.

Covers the laws pertaining to illness, infirmity, disability, and the field of medicine.269 pp., 1995.