Iggros Moshe A to Z

Episode 46: Medical Ethics I - Patient Autonomy and the Right to Choose or Refuse Risky Procedures


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Jewish tradition holds that we have a mandate to preserve life, and that we do not have ownership over our bodies. But when a patient must choose whether to undergo a risky procedure that may extend but may foreshorten life, how is she to choose? Find out how Rav Moshe addressed these cases and in so doing opened up a space for patient autonomy within halakha, on our newest episode of Iggros Moshe A to Z, now live:
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