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Medical Ethics: Minors and Medicine - Who Decides?

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Nov 2, 2015
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1 hr 13 min 30 sec
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Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

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Science & Medicine 

References: Ketuvot: 111a,  Kidushin: 29a,  Kidushin: 42a,  Shabbat: 108a 

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Is a minor empowered to make medical decisions - entering clinical trials, donating organs or bone marrow, or declining life-saving treatment? What authority do parents and doctors have?

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