Practical Medical Halachah

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Preface

9

(11)

Foreword

11

(4)

Allen J. Bennett

The Physicians' License to Heal

Halachic definition of a physician

15

(1)

Kohen (priest) studying medicine

16

(1)

Kohen (priest) studying dentistry

17

(1)

Nonphysician kohen (priest) working in a hospital

18

(1)

Genetic counselling as a profession for an orthodox Jew

19

(2)

Physician or dentist treating his own family, including his parents

21

(4)

Procreation and Sexuality

Gynecological diagnostic procedures

25

(1)

Contraception

26

(1)

Contraceptive advice to unmarried girls

27

(1)

Sperm procurement and analysis

28

(1)

Artificial insemination

29

(1)

Induction of labor

30

(2)

Assistance of husband during natural childbirth

32

(1)

Therapeutic abortion and assisting at an abortion

33

(2)

Pregnancy reduction

35

(2)

Research on aborted fetuses

37

(1)

Sterilization of humans (vasectomy, orchiectomy, tubal ligation, hysterectomy, oophorectomy)

38

(2)

Sterilization of animals

40

(1)

Medical management of infants with ambiguous genitalia

41

(4)

Circumcision

Mogen (Bronstein) circumcision clamp

45

(1)

Circumcision of a hemophiliac

46

(2)

Metzitzah (sucking) in ritual circumcision

48

(1)

Neonatal jaundice and ritual circumcision

49

(4)

Death and Dying

Informing the critically ill patient

53

(1)

Euthanasia

54

(1)

Definition of death in Jewish law

55

(1)

Physiologic decapitation as a definition of death in Judaism

56

(17)

Anencephalics (``brain absent'') and ``brain death''

73

(5)

Autopsy in Jewish law

78

(3)

Embalming

81

(1)

Burial of a fetus

82

(1)

Burial of organs removed at surgery

83

(4)

Hazardous Therapy and Human Experimentation

Bone marrow donation for transplantation

87

(1)

Donation of cadaver organs for transplantation

88

(1)

Donation of organs and blood from live donors

89

(1)

Hazardous surgery and human experimentation

90

(1)

Hazardous surgery

91

(2)

Experimental instrumentation and phase I studies

93

(1)

Experiments on organs removed at surgery

94

(1)

Animal experimentation

95

(4)

Mental Health

Assertiveness against one's parents during psychotherapy

99

(2)

Treatment of mental illness by irreligious psychiatrists

101

(1)

Mood modifying drugs

102

(2)

Sex change in adults

104

(3)

Dentistry

Dental protheses, fillings, and bridges, and ritual immersion (tevilah)

107

(1)

Separate dentures for Passover

108

(1)

Dental emergencies on the Sabbath

109

(18)

The Sabbath

Physician-related questions

127

(25)

Carrying

127

(1)

Writing

128

(2)

Use of elevators

130

(2)

Use of the telephone

132

(2)

Use of ``beepers''

134

(1)

Turning lights on and off

135

(1)

Use of electric or battery-operated instruments

136

(2)

Incision of boils and biopsies

138

(1)

Suturing lacerations

139

(1)

Injections, intravenous infusions, and blood drawing

140

(2)

Attending lectures and conferences

142

(2)

Delivering a lecture

144

(1)

Living near the hospital for Sabbath and Yom Tov emergencies

145

(1)

Traveling by car to the hospital

146

(2)

Non-Jewish physician taking call

148

(1)

Treating a non-Jew

149

(1)

Training in hospitals without Sabbath obligations

150

(1)

Physician's fees

151

(1)

Patient-related questions

152

(9)

Use of cane, crutches, walker, or wheelchair

152

(1)

Wearing electronic braces

153

(1)

Measuring one's temperature

154

(1)

High fever and Sabbath desecration

155

(1)

Taking medication for minor ailment

156

(1)

Accompanying a woman in labor to the hospital

157

(4)

Miscellaneous Questions

Cosmetic surgery

161

(1)

Parenteral drugs made from non-kosher sources

162

(1)

Contact lenses and ritual immersion (tevilah)

163

(1)

Patients who refuse blood transfusions

164

(1)

``Visiting'' the sick by telephone

165

(1)

Divulging a disability to a prospective spouse

166

(1)

Guide dog in the synagogue

167

(1)

Putting on tefilin on a paralyzed arm

168

(1)

Prayers by a patient with an indwelling catheter

169

(1)

Expert non-Torah observant physician

170

(1)

Listing of Medical Responsa of Rav Moshe Feinstein in His Iggrot Moshe

171

(8)

Bibliography of Medical Halachic Books in English

179

(4)

Glossary of Hebrew Terms and Phrases

183

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