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Bioethics: Taking Risks and Medical Procedures

Rabbi Azarya Berzon

Halacha & Bio-ethics, taking risks and medical procedures, with special emphasis on unproven therapies. A discussion of the license given to the physician to administer medical treatment in a case where the disease has not yet manifested itself.

Delivered at the OU Israel Center, August 28th, 2019 (27 Av 5779)

Rabbi Azarya Berzon

Rav Azarya Berzon graduated from Yeshiva University High School in 1970, and studied in Eretz Yisrael for three years (two years under the tutelage of HaRav Moshe Shapiro shlita, one of the greats of our generation). Returning to the US, he continued learning for the next five years under the direction of HaRav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik, zatzal, whose... Show more

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