An active blogger who is living in Jerusalem for a year recently posted about her experience celebrating the Jewish holiday of Purim. In her post, she describes her experience working with the Halachic Organ Donor Society, and in reading it I learned a little about the Jewish religion’s perspective on organ donation. Here’s an excerpt [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Religion’
Halachic organ donation – the viewpoint of Rabbis
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Living organ donor resources, Organ transplant ethics, Religion, religion and organ donation, Religion and organ transplants on March 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Pope is an organ donor, and more on religion and transplantation
Posted in Health, Living organ donation, Organ donation, tagged 3. Organ Transplantation Resources (General), Living organ donation, Organ donation, Religion, Transplantation ethics on September 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I was happy to learn via this blog post today that the current leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI, is a registered organ donor, yea! He reportedly signed up as one several years ago, when he was a cardinal. It’s largely a gesture, really, because the Pope’s body will be buried intact, just like [...]
