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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
bio-medical sciences
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Ein Karem
Course/Module Coordinator:
Prof. Samuel Kottek
Coordinator Office Hours:
coordinated by email
irp@medethics.org.il
Teaching Staff:
Prof Samuel Kottek
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Course/Module description:
a) Medicine in Ancient Jewish Sources
The aim of this section of the course is to document a number of aspects of the practice of medicine in ancient Hebrew & Jewish literature, and present several milestones in later times on the topic “Jews and Medicine.”
General Background on the history of Medicine;
Medicine in Bible & Talmud : The status of the physician – Disease as a concept – Epidemic diseases in B. & T. – Surgery – Obstetrics & Gynecology –Visiting the Sick – Health Care in the Jewish Ghetto - Maimonides as Physician – Delmadego and the Ghetto - Isaac Israeli - Medical Oaths & Prayers – medical symbolism in Jewish and Western Cultures
b) Medicine & Jewish Law
This section features modern aspects of Medical Problems and Jewish Law. How do rabbinical authorities take decisions in view of modern scientific developments?
Among the topics discussed: Respecting the Sabbath with the help of modern technology – Legal-Ethical problems – Definition of the moment of Death – Family planning - Dissection of the dead – Surrogate mothers – Smoking (and more).
Course/Module aims:
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Understanding core issues in the History of Medicine and Judaism, as well as Topics in current Halacha and Medicine
Attendance requirements(%):
80
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
frontal lecture
Course/Module Content:
Part A
1 Background literature and medicine – Medicine and Talmud
2 The Doctor in the Talmud Part I - The doctor from biblical to Talmudic
3 The Doctor in the Talmud Part II - "The best doctor inherits Gehenna"?
4 The Doctor in the Part III - medical license, insurance and medical malpractice
5 Disease - from the Bible to the Talmud
6 Surgery – in the Talmud
7 Obstetric medicine sources
8 Bikur Holim – Public Wellfare
9 Medicine and Hygiene Jewish ghetto (one hundred 16-18)
10 Maimonides as a doctor
11 Isaac Israeli ben Solomon
12 Icons of Jewish and Western Medicine
13 The Doctor's Prayer
Part B
1. The medical side of Halacha.
2. Determination of Death medical, legal and halachic:
3. Organ Transplants
4. The Dying Patient
5. Medical and halachic issues of fertility treatment and pregnancy prevention
6. Medical and halachic issues in circumcision
Required Reading:
J. Preuss, Biblical and Talmudic Medicine (edited and translated by F. Rosner), Sanhedrin Press, New-York 1978, 1983; Pub. Jason Aronson inc., Northvale-New Jersey-London, 1994
Additional Reading Material:
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 100 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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