[Avodah] Rav Moshe Feinstein: Choosing A Frum Doctor?
Prof. Levine
llevine at stevens.edu
Thu Sep 1 09:52:30 PDT 2011
From http://revach.net/article.php?id=366
If a person has a choice of two doctors, one of them is Shomer
Mitzvos but is not a specialist for the particular procedure needed
and the other doctor is a specialist however he is a Kofer, which one
is preferable? The Igros Moshe (YD 4:8) says there is no question
that the latter is preferable unless he is actively involved in
seducing people away from keeping the Torah and Mitzvos. Otherwise
since we have an obligation to seek medical help when needed
according to the Rambam and most Rishonim, included in that
obligation is the obligation to seek out the best doctor available
whether he is a Jew or a non-Jew.
However adds Rav Moshe, since it is always possible that any doctor
may err regardless of his expertise, we must pray to Hashem the true
healer that the doctor will not blunder and his care will bring a cure.
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