Goedele Baeke
Biographic Data
| ID | 6683911 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Goedele Baeke |
| GIVEN NAMES | Goedele |
| FAMILY NAME | Baeke |
| SIGNATURE | BAEKE G |
| AFFILIATIONS | KU Leuven |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
‘There is a Time to be Born and a Time to Die’ (Ecclesiastes 3
Reviewing the publications of prominent American rabbis who have (extensively) published on Jewish biomedical ethics, this article highlights Orthodox, Conservative and Reform opinions on a most pressing contemporary bioethical issue: euthanasia. Reviewing their opinions against the background of the halachic character of Jewish (biomedical) ethics, this article shows how from one traditional Jewish textual source diverse, even contradictory, opi…
American Jewish approaches to contemporary ethical issues in medicine
World wide, hospitals have to deal with a considerable shortage of organs for transplantation. Since the brain death criteria were issued by the Harvard Medical School in 1968, most organs are retrieved from heart-beating brain-dead donors. Judaism stresses the huge value of human life, as human beings are created in God's image, and the commandment is to save and preserve life. There is, however, considerable debate in Judaism on the acceptabili…
We are (not) the master of our body’
Our study reveals an interplay between ethical attitudes on euthanasia and religious convictions. The image one has of a transcendental reality, or of God, has a stronger effect on one's (dis)approval of euthanasia than being (ir)religious
We are (not) the master of our body’
Our study reveals an interplay between ethical attitudes on euthanasia and religious convictions. The image one has of a transcendental reality, or of God, has a stronger effect on one's (dis)approval of euthanasia than being (ir)religious
‘There is a Time to be Born and a Time to Die’ (Ecclesiastes 3
Reviewing the publications of prominent American rabbis who have (extensively) published on Jewish biomedical ethics, this article highlights Orthodox, Conservative and Reform opinions on a most pressing contemporary bioethical issue: euthanasia. Reviewing their opinions against the background of the halachic character of Jewish (biomedical) ethics, this article shows how from one traditional Jewish textual source diverse, even contradictory, opi…
American Jewish approaches to contemporary ethical issues in medicine
World wide, hospitals have to deal with a considerable shortage of organs for transplantation. Since the brain death criteria were issued by the Harvard Medical School in 1968, most organs are retrieved from heart-beating brain-dead donors. Judaism stresses the huge value of human life, as human beings are created in God's image, and the commandment is to save and preserve life. There is, however, considerable debate in Judaism on the acceptabili…
We are (not) the master of our body’
Our study reveals an interplay between ethical attitudes on euthanasia and religious convictions. The image one has of a transcendental reality, or of God, has a stronger effect on one's (dis)approval of euthanasia than being (ir)religious
Judaism (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Theology (3 works) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Organ Donation and Transplantation (2 works)