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The Rabbi’s Response

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Should the Patient Know the Truth?

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The views of Jewish religio-ethical writers and physicians on the question, “Shall the patient be told the truth?” may be said to reflect the varying opinions among persons of other liberal faiths. Throughout the centuries, the subject has been discussed both directly and indirectly from a number of viewpoints, and the literature of Judaism furnishes data regarding these manifold opinions.

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  1. Friedenwald, H.: The Jews and Medicine, Essays. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press, 1947. Vol. I. p. 19.

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  2. Ibid. p. 25.

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  3. Kitzur Shulhan Arukh. A Compilation of Jewish Laws and Customs, by Rabbi Solomon Ganzfried, translated by Hyman E. Goldin. New York, Hebrew Publishing Company, 1927.

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  1. Louis I. Newman Ph.D., D.D.
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. New York University College of Medicine, USA

    Samuel Standard M.D. (Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery, Attending Surgeon, Director of Surgery) (Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery, Attending Surgeon, Director of Surgery)

  2. Bellevue Hospital and University Hospital, USA

    Samuel Standard M.D. (Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery, Attending Surgeon, Director of Surgery) (Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery, Attending Surgeon, Director of Surgery)

  3. Sydenham Hospital, New York, USA

    Samuel Standard M.D. (Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery, Attending Surgeon, Director of Surgery) (Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery, Attending Surgeon, Director of Surgery)

  4. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA

    Helmuth Nathan M.D. (Assistant Professor of Surgery, Visiting Surgeon) (Assistant Professor of Surgery, Visiting Surgeon)

  5. Bronx Municipal Medical Center, USA

    Helmuth Nathan M.D. (Assistant Professor of Surgery, Visiting Surgeon) (Assistant Professor of Surgery, Visiting Surgeon)

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Newman, L.I. (1955). The Rabbi’s Response. In: Standard, S., Nathan, H. (eds) Should the Patient Know the Truth?. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-40485-0_19

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