A More Humane Health Care
Nurturing Humanism in Medicine
Hayim Arnold Gold
Did medical students begin school with idealism and altruism, only to have it depleted during their educational experiences?
Responsibilities for the Provision of Health Care
Elliot Dorff and Aaron Mackler
Jewish law and ethics understand the community to have a fundamental obligation to save lives whenever possible, diverting funds from other projects as required.
Access to Health Care Is a Human Right
Ruth Balser
Ruth Balser: The U. S. stands alone among industrialized nations in failing to provide health care to all its citizens.
Curing or Healing
Ellen Schecter
I invite my doctors to go with me beyond the mechanics of disease to the meanings of illness.
“Soft Issues” in Medical Ethics and the Jewish Communal Response to Suffering
Simkha Weintraub
What are the psycho-social needs of people going through serious medical experiences?
Two stories from the Talmud may challenge us in this regard
Talmudic sources on Healing:
Sources that guide Judaism’s relationship to health care
