Jewish Medical Concerns

Medical Ethics in Judaism - Jewish Virtual Library

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Medical Issues in Jewish Law. Abortion; Assisted Reproduction and Judaism; Autopsy; The Brain Death Controversy; The Breast Cancer Genes; Cloning People and Jewish Law: A Preliminary Analysis; Cloning; Embryo Research; Euthanasia and the Right to Die; …

Ashkenazi Jewish Genetic Diseases - Jewish Virtual Library

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In the Ashkenazi Jewish population (those of Eastern European descent), it has been estimated that one in four individuals is a carrier of one of several genetic conditions. These diseases include Tay-Sachs Disease, …

The 5 Most Common Ashkenazi Genetic Diseases

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Jewish medical ethics and end-of-life care - PubMed

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Jewish medical ethics as derived from Jewish law, has definitions for the four cardinal values of secular medical ethics: autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice, with …

The medical system in Israel is broken and how it can be …

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-731981

45 minutes ago · Nurses: Israel has only 5.1 per 1,000 inhabitants, as compared to 8.5 for Russia, 12.0 for the US (which America considers to be a nursing shortage …

What Are Jewish Genetic Diseases? | My Jewish Learning

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Jewish genetic diseases are a group of rare autosomal recessive disorders that are far more prevalent among people with Jewish ancestry than in the general population. Autosomal recessive …

Diseases | Jewish Genetic Disease Consortium

https://www.jewishgeneticdiseases.org/jewish-genetic-diseases/

JGDC provides information about diseases that are commonly found in the Jewish (Ashkenazi, Sephardi, and Mizrahi) population and would be important to be …

Health care behaviours and beliefs in Hasidic Jewish

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The reviewed studies reveal that Hasidic Jews may seek spiritual healing and incorporate religion in their explanatory models of illness; illness attracts stigma; psychiatric …

A Guide For Medical Professionals - Jewish Visiting

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Judaism is one of the main religions of the world, based on the Torah, which Jews believe was given to Moses by God on Mount Sinai. The Torah (The Five Books of Moses – …

Jewish Medical Ethics - Jewish Visiting

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Almost all forms of required medical treatment are permitted, and indeed encouraged in Jewish law, as the guiding principle in Judaism’s attitude to medical and health care is …