Medical Ethics: The Shoteh - Judaism and the Irrational Patient

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February 13 2023
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1h 29min 24s
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Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Collections: Rabbi Torczyner Medical Halacha

References: Chagiga: 3B Chagiga: 4A Rosh Hashana: 28A  

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What is a shoteh? Who evaluates it, and what is the place of contemporary psychological testing? How does one end shoteh status? What about behaviours which might demonstrate irrationality, but could be explained away? What about localized irrationality, or episodic irrationality?

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