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55:26
Kidneys For Sale: Rationing Renal Therapy (1996) (55:26)
Is it fair for the rich to have the most access to organ transplants? What if a treatment is too expensive, not covered by insureances, or dictated to be done a certain way by the insurance? Should a CEO make a higher salery if his medical insurance isn't making money? And is the dialisys machine allowed to be removed under any circumstances? This is a vintage video and is being shared here for its historical value and its content, not for the quality of its video
Dr. Eli Friedman (2)
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44:46
Transplantation Issues: Who Should Be the Recipient? (2005) (44:46)
Are we obligated to provide organ transplants for people who don't have that much longer to live? Is taking an organ from a child allowed? And should there be a market for organs? This is a vintage video and is being shared here for its historical value and its content, not for the quality of its video
Dr. Amy L. Friedman (1)
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46:57
Brain Death and Organ Transplants (46:57)
To save a life is one of the greatest mitzvot that one can perform. At the same time, however, it is axiomatic that we cannot save a life by ending another. The time of death, then, becomes a subject of utmost importance
Rabbi Dr. Yitzchok Breitowitz (71)
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7:07
Non-Vital Organ Transplant (7:07)
In this second segment of the Jewish medical ethics series, Rabbi Edward Reichman, M.D. speaks about recent developments in the field of medical transplantation discussing some of the halachic concerns involving proceduresthat improve lives but are not life-saving. How should a donor balance his level of risk with his responsibility to “not stand idly by?”.
Rabbi Dr. Edward Reichman (51)