Medical Ethics: Minors and Medicine - Who Decides?

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November 02 2015
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1h 13min 30s
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Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Halacha:
Science & Medicine 

Collections: Rabbi Torczyner Medical Ethics

References: Ketuvot: 111a ,  Kiddushin: 29a ,  Kiddushin: 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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