Medical Ethics: Alternative Medicine

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March 14 2012
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48min 59s
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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: Shabbat: 67a ,  Yoma: 83a  

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Overview of issues in Alternative Medicine: Is this included in ורפא ירפא; Might this qualify as כישוף; May this be chosen over conventional medicine; Might this have the same license as conventional medicine to override Shabbos and Kashrus. Requires a more thorough fleshing-out.

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