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Medicine, Healing and the Jewish Tradition My Jewish Learning

(3 days ago) Nonetheless, despite these objections, the bulk of Jewish thought assumes a positive and affirming attitude toward the practice of medicine. This is demonstrated most clearly by the many rabbinic scholars, including Nachmanides, who were physicians and who wrote medical literature. It is expressed, too, by the … See more

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/medicine-healing-and-the-jewish-tradition/

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Spirituality in Medicine Judaism

(3 days ago) WEBThere is a wide variety of Jewish beliefs and practices after the evolution of Rabbinic Judaism and modernity which resulted in three major movements. Reform Judaism embraces modernity to the …

https://medicine.iu.edu/blogs/spirit-of-medicine/Spirituality-in-Medicine---Judaism

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What Jewish Tradition Says About Health and Wellness

(4 days ago) WEBJudaism views the human body as a precious, wondrous gift from God that we are to protect and nurture. It is the home of the soul, the spark of God within us. Body and soul, so intimately interconnected, require care and attention, no matter our age. With proper sleep, diet and nutrition, exercise and physical activity, and by avoiding things

https://reformjudaism.org/jewish-perspectives-health-wellness/what-jewish-tradition-says-about-health-and-wellness

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Jewish Values in Medical Decision-making for Unrepresented …

(3 days ago) WEBThe Jewish tradition offers an important perspective on caring for unrepresented patients and determining approaches to guide care providers. This article develops an understanding of fundamental Jewish principles that can provide clear guidance in navigating this challenge. It applies those values to a specific set of …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8284992/

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Healing and Medicine: Healing and Medicine in Judaism

(4 days ago) WEBHealing, HEALING ••• Health and Wholeness Healing is an action whose goal is the restoration of health. The English word health literally means wholeness and… Maimonides, MAIMONIDES, MOSES MAIMONIDES, MOSES (Moses ben Maimon ; known in rabbinical literature as "Rambam "; from the acronym R abbi M oses B en M aimon; …

https://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/healing-and-medicine-healing-and-medicine-judaism

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Ethical Challenges When Caring for Orthodox Jewish Patients …

(1 days ago) WEBIt is the role of a rabbi to guide the interpretation of halacha and its related texts. Orthodox Jews often con-sult a rabbi or posek before making major life decisions, in-cluding matters of health care, to ensure adherence to Jewish law.2 The experiences of Orthodox Jews as members of a cultural and ethnic group also influence their views

https://nursing.ceconnection.com/ovidfiles/00129191-201802000-00007.pdf

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What is it to do good medical ethics? An orthodox Jewish …

(6 days ago) WEBThis article, dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the Journal of Medical Ethics , approaches the question ‘what does it mean to do good medical ethics?’ first from a general perspective and then from the personal perspective of a Jewish Orthodox physician and ethicist who tries, both at a personal clinical level and in national and sometimes international …

https://jme.bmj.com/content/41/1/125

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An overview of the spiritual importances of end-of-life care …

(3 days ago) WEBPhysicians caring for the Orthodox Jewish patient can expect to encounter deeply held beliefs, a complex code of religious observance, and a delicate balance between patient autonomy and rabbinic authority. 8,33 Life is sacred to Jews and the obligation to save a life – ‘Pikuach nefesh’ – is of the greatest importance and surpasses

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6330909/

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THE HALACHIC LIVING WILL - HODS

(1 days ago) WEBall times (except in a public domain on the Sabbath, when Jewish law prohibits carrying) a card that informs any emergency health care provider that you have prepared a Halachic Living Will. The card also summarizes the key provisions of the Halachic Living Will form, and provides all relevant names and phone numbers.

https://www.hods.org/pdf/Living%20Will%20Agudath%20Israel.pdf

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The Care of the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Patient - Springer

(9 days ago) WEBCultural competency is an important element of good medical care (Betancourt et al. 2003).Physicians caring for Ultra-Orthodox Jewish patients can expect to encounter deeply held spiritual beliefs, a complex code of religious observance, a delicate balance between patient autonomy and rabbinic authority, fear of stigma …

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10943-017-0356-6

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Spiritual Care For Jewish Patients Facing A Life Threatening Illness

(3 days ago) WEBCaring for a Jewish patient with lung cancer can be complex in that providing holistic care encompasses meeting physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs as they arise. How patients approach a life threatening illness may or may not be founded in or influenced by, their religion or belief system. Often, clinicians assume that because

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3798016/

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Care of the Orthodox Jewish Patient - Elite Learning

(Just Now) WEB5 minutes. November 24, 2003. Vol. 5 •Issue 25 • Page 37. Care of the Orthodox Jewish Patient. Learning Sabbath and dietary customs of Jewish Orthodox patients can help nurses in providing for their special needs. By Laura Gebers, BSN, RN,BC. In today’s healthcare arena we are more aware of cultural diversity with the populations we serve.

https://www.elitelearning.com/resource-center/nursing/care-of-the-orthodox-jewish-patient/

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Jewish medical ethics and end-of-life care - PubMed

(1 days ago) WEBAbstract. While Judaism espouses the infinite value of human life, Judaism recognizes that all life is finite and, as such, its teachings are compatible with the principles of palliative medicine and end-of-life care as they are currently practiced. Jewish medical ethics as derived from Jewish law, has definitions for the four cardinal values

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15353100/

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Risky Treatments: A Jewish Medical Ethics Perspective - PMC

(3 days ago) WEBAccording to the Torah and Jewish law (Halakhah) one is obligated not only to refrain from doing bad, but one must do good by being compassionate and charitable with one’s fellow human beings as it is written, “turn from evil and do good.” 1 These are two equal parts of the Jewish ethical obligation. Therefore, not only are harmful acts such as …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4524405/

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The Mental Health of Orthodox Jews Psychology Today

(6 days ago) WEBLittle is known about the mental health beliefs, behaviours and attitudes of Orthodox Jews. As such, a new research study is setting out to explore mental health perspectives and experiences among

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/talking-about-men/202112/the-mental-health-orthodox-jews

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Hackensack's only synagogue gets new life as city's first Chabad …

(4 days ago) WEBThe city's only synagogue, with a 110 year-old congregration, was sold to and will merge with a Chabad House, an Orthodox Jewish community center. The city's only synagogue, with a 110 year-old

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/hackensack/2018/04/25/hackensacks-only-synagogue-gets-new-life-citys-first-chabad-house/525671002/

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Jewish Historical Society preserves a lost world - Bergen Record

(7 days ago) WEBThe Jewish Historical Society of North Jersey was formed in 1982. Most of the artifacts are from the late 19th and early- to mid-20th century. "The history of the North Jersey Jewish community and

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/fair-lawn/2018/05/05/north-jersey-jewish-historical-society-preserves-lost-world/507005002/

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Barriers to Cancer Screening among Orthodox Jewish Women

(3 days ago) WEBThe influence of religious or spiritual beliefs on health behaviors is not a finding exclusive to the Orthodox Jewish community [19, 20]. Holt et al. found that high levels of spirituality among African American women may actually improve cancer-related health knowledge and behaviors [ 19 ].

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4221547/

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History of the Jews in New Jersey - Wikipedia

(3 days ago) WEBThe history of Jews in New Jersey started with the arrival of Dutch and English traders and settlers in the late 1600s. According to the Berman Jewish DataBank's 2019 survey, New Jersey is the state with the fourth highest total population of Jews at 545,450 and is also the state with the third highest percent of Jews at 6.1%. This means that New Jersey is …

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_New_Jersey

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Improving access to mental health care in an Orthodox Jewish …

(3 days ago) WEBImprovements in access to mental health care for the people of the Orthodox Jewish community were obtained through the collaborative efforts of a distributed leadership team. The team were able to work with the community to develop a bespoke and accessible service that accomodated their otherness.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5557521/

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