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Jewish Medical Ethics Annual Review
A scholarly, open-access annual review at the intersection of medicine, halacha, law, ethics, and clinical practice.
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View archiveJewish law requires protecting health and avoiding danger—but how far does that duty extend? This article examines diet, obesity, alcohol, smoking, work-related risk, and recreation through key halachic principles.
Avi Abrams examines whether halacha obligates physicians to treat patients when doing so may place the physician at personal risk, especially in the context of infectious disease and reasonable protective measures.
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