title: A traditional jewish approach to risky medical treatment.
abstract: The area of oncology in particular deals with patient treatments that entail significant risk. The approach of Jewish law is valuable in formulating a generic approach to the area of risky medical treatments and is beneficial in understanding the choices that Jewish patients might make regarding their care.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19141, USA. eisenber@pol.net
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Eisenberg
mesh_terms: D000698:Analgesia / Q000941:ethics; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D007585:Jews / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D007599:Judaism; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000941:ethics; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000941:ethics; D036302:Therapeutic Human Experimentation / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D035703:Therapies, Investigational / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000941:ethics*