Islamic Biomedical Ethics - Principles and Application

In this pioneering work, Abdulaziz Sachedina - a scholar with life-long academic training in Islamic law - relates classic Muslim religious values to the new ethical challenges that arise from medical research and practice.

List of contents

• 1. Introduction


• 2. In Search of Principles of Healthcare Ethics in Islam


• 3. Health and Suffering


• 4. The Beginning of Life


• 5. Terminating Early Life


• 6. Death and Dying


• 7. Organ Donation and Cosmetic Enhancement


• 8. Islamic Bioethics - Recent Developments


• 9. Epilogue


• Glossary


• Notes


• Bibliography


• Index

About the author

Abdulaziz Sachedina is Francis Myers Ball Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia.

Summary

In this pioneering work, Abdulaziz Sachedina - a scholar with life-long academic training in Islamic law - relates classic Muslim religious values to the new ethical challenges that arise from medical research and practice.

Additional text

while clearly directed to an academic audience, nonetheless raises substantive challenges for secular bioethics discourse, health policy, and especially for ethical reflection within the Islamic faith community ... Sachedina's is a courageous book. He does not back away from critique of Muslim religious scholarship, which he finds has failed to provide religous and moral empowerment to Muslims in general, and in the health-care context in particular.

Product details

• Authors: Abdulaziz Sachedina, Abdulaziz Abdulhussein Sachedina, Abdulaziz Abdulhussein (Professor of Re Sachedina
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.01.2012
• EAN: 9780199860234
• ISBN: 978-0-19-986023-4
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Islam, MEDICAL / Ethics, RELIGION / Islam / General, RELIGION / Islam / Rituals & Practice, RELIGION / Ethics, RELIGION / Religion & Science, Religious ethics, Religion and science, Religion & science, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct, Islamic Life & Practice, Islamic life and practice