Really Dead?: The Israeli Brain-Death Controversy 1967-1986 - Paperback

by Naftali Moses (Author)

An multi-focused academic study of the conflicts over brain-death in Israel between 1967-1986 with special attention paid to the role played by Jewish law. The book traces the impact of neurological death during the critical twenty years between the advent of heart transplantation until the Israeli Rabbinate issued (and then rescinded) a decision allowing these critical procedures to take place in Israel.

Author Biography

Dr. Naftali Moses teaches Jewish medical ethics. He has written on philosophy in the Mishnah, aggadah in the Talmud and death in Israeli society. He is also the author of "Mourning Under Glass," a memoir on the murder of his son in a 2008 Jerusalem terror attack. Visit his website at www.tragic-death.com.