Navigating the chasm between religious and secular perspectives in modern bioethics

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 357-360

  Jotkowitz, A B ^a   Glick, S ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; BRAIN DEATH; ETHICS; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; RELIGION; TERMINAL CARE; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BRAIN DEATH; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JUDAISM; MEDICAL FUTILITY; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; TERMINAL CARE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 67449091269     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2008.028399     Document Type: Article

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