Second Texts and Second Opinions: Essays Towards a Jewish Bioethics by Laurie Zo

Description: Second Texts and Second Opinions by Laurie Zoloth Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description This book is about bioethical dilemmas in a large public childrens ward. It goes beyond the usual work in secular bioethics by turning to the classic texts of Jewish thought. The book constructs a discussion between and among several disciplines, clinical medicine, Jewish philosophy, and feminist thought. Publisher Description This book takes as its subject the intensely private discussions that arise when ordinary people confront life and death choices and struggle with decisions in a world of medical and scientific complexity. Laurie Zoloth began her work in bioethics in a large public California hospital system, where she was part of a group tasked with the creation of an ethics committee in every hospital in the system, that would hear hundreds of cases every year, including pediatriccases from the hospitals intensive care, neonatal intensive care, burn, and oncology units.The book explores the dilemmas presented in these cases and reflects on the competing,often incommensurate moral appeals offered by the participants. It then analyzes the cases against and with similar concepts within Jewish thought, using rabbinic texts to make legible the factors at play as one makes ethical judgments. This philosophical position is feminist as it considers and at times advocates for the inclusion of family and community in the rationale of the clinical setting. Intertwined with legal statements in the Talmud are aggadot, or midrashic texts, literarynarratives used to argue a point, or to complicate a point, or to deepen the meaning of the communal discourse, adding history, case studies, or fictive tales to the discussion. Zoloth argues that these textscan be usefully applied to problems in bioethics. She develops the case for a textual turn that is fully imagined and enriched by the many possible re-interpretations of narrative: biblical, rabbinic, medieval, modern, and post-modern. Author Biography Laurie Zoloth is the Margaret E. Burton Professor of Religion and Ethics and Senior Advisor to the Provost for Social Ethics, at the University of Chicago and former Dean of the Divinity School. She was President of the American Academy of Religion and the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, and Vice President of the Society for Jewish Ethics. She has published many books on bioethics and Jewish thought. She is currently a member of theEngineering Biology Research Consortium Board of Advisors, the NASA National Bioethics Committee, and the Ethics Advisory Board of the American Heart Association. Details ISBN 0197632149 ISBN-13 9780197632147 Title Second Texts and Second Opinions Author Laurie Zoloth Format Paperback Year 2022 Pages 312 Publisher Oxford University Press Inc GE_Item_ID:159137646; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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