Judaism on Health Care

Rabbi Shlomo Yaffe, a very interesting Chabad speaker, talks on this topic. This lecture may be interesting to a wide range of audience. He discusses:

• should we cure a disease if G-d created it?
• if he can, is a doctor obligated to heal? can he take payment for it? for what exactly?
  
• is the patient obligated to pay — and if he cannot, who is?
• are the last two points decoupled (i.e., does one have to do with another)?
  
• can a doctor come home from work if it involves breaking Shabbos?
• do we expect people to pay or to receive help from community?
  
• is there an order in providing help (one patient gets helped before another)?
• what is “standing in front of us”?
• general idea of tzedaka
• is drinking alcohol muttar or assur? what about smoking?
• is it pas nisht for girls to drink?
  
• a little on DNR etc.