BMJ  2006;332:311 (4 February), doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.311

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Lessons for doctors from Jewish philosophy

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I became active in the Jewish community and interested in medicine at about the same time. I was in high school, and I became involved in my synagogue's youth group. I loved the friends I made and the programmes I attended. And although there were no formal educational sessions, over time I learnt by example the values of social activism, leadership, community, personal growth, and ethical development.

In the same year that I became president of my youth group I met Dr Ipp. I used to run Dr Ipp's office when he was working on call on the weekends. One Saturday he took me to a movie after work. Just before Hamlet's major monologue he was paged. A woman's baby had fallen and lost consciousness for a moment. Dr Ipp insisted that she take the baby to the hospital, but the woman refused, saying that she didn't want to drive . . . [Full text of this article]

McGill University, Canada Naomi.Lear@mail.mcgill.ca

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