Jewish Law

Medical care often raises ethical concerns. For Jewish women, it can raise religious concerns as well. This section outlines relevant areas of Jewish law (halacha) to allow the practitioner to be sensitive to the patient's needs in situations where Jewish law and medicine intersect.



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  Yichud (seclusion)

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