What Happens If I Push This Button? – Part 1

In Toras haAdam (Inyan haSakana), the Ramban discusses a physician’s exemption from liability for errors that occur during medical treatment: [The exemption] was only granted to a Baki (an expert) who knows the wisdom and the practice [of medicine]...

House Officers in Halacha-Part 3

            In last week’s essay, we presented a Teshuva from the Tzitz Eliezer to Dr. Avraham S. Avraham (14:35). R’ Waldenberg zt”l ruled that it is generally forbidden for medical trainees to...

House Officers in Halacha-Part 2

In this essay, we will explore the varying perspectives of the Tzitz Eliezer and R’ Shlomo Zalman Auerbach zt”l regarding physicians in training administering general anesthesia and injections. These questions naturally stem from concerns about...

House Officers in Halacha

In Toras haAdam (Inyan haSakana), the Ramban discusses a physician’s exemption from liability for errors that occur during medical treatment: [The exemption] was only granted to a Baki (an expert) who knows the wisdom and the practice [of medicine]...

Staying Focused

According to the American Psychiatric Association, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is defined as “a persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that interferes with functioning or development, present in...

האם מותר לרופא לסרב לבצע ניתוח מסוכן בחולה טרמינלי?

לא תראה את שור אחיך או את שיו נדחים והתעלמת מהם, השב תשיבם לאחיך. ואם לא קרוב אחיך אליך ולא ידעתו, ואספתו אל תוך ביתך והיה עמך עד דרוש אחיך אותו והשבותו לו. וכן תעשה לחמורו, וכן תעשה לשמלתו, וכן תעשה לכל אבדת אחיך אשר...

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