Medical Halachah: Double Effect - Treatments which help and harm

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December 19 2010
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1h 13min 51s
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Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

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Collections: Rabbi Torczyner Medical Halacha

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Addressing treatments which both help and harm patients, including surgical amputations, palliative end-of-life care, abortion of ectopic pregnancies and more. Contrasting Christian "Double Effect Reasoning" and the halachic calculus of ורפא ירפא. Class given for CME credit to physicians.

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