A Jewish Perspective on Access to Healthcare

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 7 (3):260-265 (1998)
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Can anyone doubt that the Jewish tradition mandates universal access to healthcare? In a comprehensive and illuminating discussion, A.L. Mackler seems to have already said all that needs to be said. After aptly analyzing the principles of the traditional institutions and norms relating to tzedakah, Mackler proceeded to apply these traditions to the context of healthcare, concluding that

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Noam Zohar
Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan

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