Medical Halachah Annual Touro University Volume 1 [Hardcover]

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Written by experts in the field, this journal is an exploration of the intersection of halachah, medical ethics, and contemporary medical issues, and offers insights into the application of halachic principles to complex medical situations.

Foreword by: Alan Kadish, MD
Editor’s Preface by: Edward Lebovics, MD
Risk Assessment in Halachah by: Rabbi Mayer Twersky
Management of Profound Multi-Organ Failure by: Rabbi Prof. Avraham Steinberg, MD
Allocation of Scarce Resources by: Rabbi Dr. Akiva Tatz
Adult ECMO and Mechanical Circulatory Support by: Jonah (Yonah) Rubin, MD; Rabbi Dr. Jason Wiener, BCC
Halachah’s View of the Requirement to Follow the Established Standard of Care by: Rabbi Moshe Rotberg
Medical Uncertainty in Halachah by: Rabbi Boruch Fogel
COVID-19 Vaccines: Clinical Trials by: Rabbi Dr. Zvi Loewy
Bikkur Cholim and the Contagious Patient by: Rabbi Ephraim Glatt, Esq.; Rabbi Aaron E. Glatt, MD
The Role of Medical Expertise and Rabbanim in the Pandemic by: Rabbi Ahron Lopiansky
Confronting the Pandemic in the Community by: Rabbi Mordechai Willig
Dishonest Acquisition of Potentially Life-Saving Care by: Rabbi Yossi Sprung; Judah Eisenman
Vaccinating Adults and Children against COVID-19 in Israel and the US by: Zvi Ryzman
Vaccine Hesitancy in the Orthodox Jewish Community by: Sarah H.D. Becker, MD
Othering the Jews during the Calamitous Black Death of the 14th Century and the COVID-19 Pandemic of the 21st Century by:
Margot Lurie; Edward C. Halperin, MD, MA

Binding: Hardcover
Size: 8" x 10.5"
Pages: 165
Publisher: Mosaica Press
ISBN: 9781957579658

Medical Halachah Annual Touro University Volume 1 [Hardcover]
The Pandemic And Its Implications
By: Touro University, New York Medical College