Jewish Medical Beliefs

Jewish medical ethics and end-of-life care

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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 major difference between Jewish law and secular medical ethics being that orthodox or …

Jewish medicine - Wikipedia

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Jewish Health & Healing Practices | My …

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Medical treatment was considered meddling with God’s work and will. Judaism generally views medical treatment positively, even as an obligation, based on verses such as …

Medicine, Healing and the Jewish Tradition | My Jewish Learning

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Medical Practice as Mitzvah. Jewish law, however, understands the permission to practice medicine as a mitzvah, a requirement to do so. Some authorities derive this requirement …

Healing and Medicine: Healing and Medicine in Judaism

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Jewish sacred texts, in particular the Hebrew Bible, Apocrypha (noncanonic, postbiblical writings), rabbinic literature from the late Roman era (the Talmud and midrash), the …

Judaism - Basic beliefs and doctrines | Britannica

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In the Shema—often regarded as the Jewish confession of faith, or creed—the biblical material and accompanying benedictions are arranged to provide a statement about …

Jewish beliefs, values, and practices: implications for culturally ...

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Jewish beliefs, values, and practices: implications for culturally sensitive nursing care. Providing culturally sensitive nursing care for the Jewish patient is a challenge for the non …

What is the Jewish Attitude Towards …

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Maimonides explains that this is “because it is a mitzvah , that the doctor is required by law to heal Jewish patients [as the Sages said] ‘and you shall return it to him’ …

Judaism: Basic Beliefs | URI

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Judaism began about 4000 years ago with the Hebrew people in the Middle East. Abraham, a Hebrew man, is considered the father of the Jewish faith because he promoted the …

CULTURAL BELIEFS AND HEALTH PRACTICES - Indiana

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• Largest Jewish population outside of Israel • Consult with Rabbi regarding medical decisions • Grand multiparity; avoid C-sections at all costs • Avoid discharggge to …