Prof. Daniel Sperling
Email: dsperling@univ.haifa.ac.il
Tel: +972-4-8288687
Research Interests
Higher Education
Recent Publications
Research Interests
- Bioethics
- Health law
- Health policy
- Ethics at end-of-life care
Higher Education
Degree | Name of Institution and Department | Period of Study |
LL.B.+B.A. (Humanities)(Philosophy) | Hebrew University of Jerussalem, Faculty of Law and Department of Philosophy | 1996-2000 |
LL.M. | University of Tonronto, Faculty of Law and the Joint Center for Bioethics | 2003 |
S.J.D. | University of Tonronto, Faculty of Law and the Joint Center for Bioethics | 2003-2006 |
Recent Publications
- Kula Y, Wacht O, Ben Shlomo I, Gitler A, Gidron Y. Does heart rate variability predict and improve performance in pediatric CPR?-a simulation study. BMC Emerg Med. 2025 Apr 5;25(1):52. doi: 10.1186/s12873-025-01209-9. PMID: 40188013; PMCID: PMC11972514.
- Kula Y, Wacht O, Ben Shlomo I, Gitler A, Gidron Y. Does heart rate variability predict and improve performance in pediatric CPR?-a simulation study. BMC Emerg Med. 2025 Apr 5;25(1):52. doi: 10.1186/s12873-025-01209-9. PMID: 40188013; PMCID: PMC11972514.
- Birenbaum-Carmeli D, Sperling D. Families and Choice: Disassembling Same-Sex Families with Children. Arch Sex Behav. 2026 Apr;55(4):1725-1743. doi: 10.1007/s10508-026-03421-5. Epub 2026 Jun 9. PMID: 42265504; PMCID: PMC13275524.
- Fleishman TT, Sperling D, Drach-Zahavy A, Golfenshtein N, Toren O, Hirschfeld M, Wagner N, Benbenishty J, Srulovici E. Structural moral distress among nurse middle managers in crisis. Nurs Ethics. 2026 May 16:9697330261449300. doi: 10.1177/09697330261449300. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42141893.
- Barış Eren N, Güney S, Sperling D. Family caregivers’ perspectives on ethical challenges in dementia care. Nurs Ethics. 2026 Aug;33(5):1348-1362. doi: 10.1177/09697330261441780. Epub 2026 Apr 9. PMID: 41958063; PMCID: PMC13415895.
- Natour Hleihel N, Sperling D. Cultural, religious, and demographic factors shaping Arab healthcare providers’ decisions on referring Arab patients to palliative care in Israel: a qualitative study. BMC Med Ethics. 2026 Feb 7;27(1):54. doi: 10.1186/s12910-026-01383-w. PMID: 41654801; PMCID: PMC12977954.
- Sperling D, Doron I, Yakov G. Hospital ethics committees: responsibilities, competencies and challenges. BMC Med Ethics. 2026 Jan 21;27(1):24. doi: 10.1186/s12910-025-01365-4. PMID: 41566295; PMCID: PMC12908306.
- Natour Hleihel N, Sperling D. Frames of dying: a qualitative study of end-of-life experiences of terminal Arab patients. BMC Palliat Care. 2025 Dec 23;25(1):21. doi: 10.1186/s12904-025-01975-0. PMID: 41430611; PMCID: PMC12805741.
- Golfenshtein N, Drach-Zahavy A, Sperling D, Fleishman TT, Hirschfeld M, Wagner N, Srulovici E. Navigating crisis: A qualitative study of nurse middle managers’ role in building resilience during times of crisis. Int J Nurs Stud. 2026 Feb;174:105289. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2025.105289. Epub 2025 Nov 17. PMID: 41352248.
Authored Books
Sperling, D. (2019). Suicide tourism: Understanding the legal, philosophical and socio-political dimensions. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press.