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World Service,13 Jan 2006,26 mins

Jewish law and modern medicine

Reporting Religion

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The influence of Jewish law on medicine. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's illness has highlighted the influence of Jewish Law on modern medicine, so what does Jewish Law say about life and death situations? Also, ongoing controversy over the cartoons of Mohammad in Denmark.

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