Against the backdrop of Hurricane Katrina, doctors were forced to make some of the toughest decisions a physician could ever face. This discussion of events at Memorial...
Scholar - Dr. Daniel Eisenberg
Dr. Eisenberg spent two years studying at the Heiden Torah Institute in Jerusalem, where he concentrated on Talmud and Jewish law. He has taught a weekly Jewish medical ethics class for over 15 years. He has served as the medical ethics scholar-in-residence for the New England Institute for Jewish Studies in Jerusalem since 1999. Dr. Eisenberg wrote the medical ethics column for the quarterly publication, Maimonides: Health in the Jewish World, from 1996 to 2000. Dr. Eisenberg continues to lecture around North America and now writes medical ethics articles for Jlaw.com and Aish.com.
Are we playing G-d by doing genetic screening? Dr. Daniel Eisenberg gives a simple description of what a carrier is, and then clarifies the ramifications of being a...
Can’t we police ourselves? If our intentions are good, isn’t it enough to do what we think is best when faced with a difficult decision? What do Jewish...
The rapid advances in medical science present exciting but unproven treatments. The desire to heal our loved ones must be balanced with the potential danger of these...