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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792220503321

Autore

Sachedina Abdulaziz Abdulhussein <1942->

Titolo

Islamic biomedical ethics [[electronic resource] ] : principles and application / / Abdulaziz Sachedina

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-19-988861-2

0-19-986023-8

0-19-970284-5

9786612053955

1-282-05395-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (291 p.)

Disciplina

174

Soggetti

Medical ethics - Religious aspects - Islam

Bioethics - Religious aspects - Islam

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-272) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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; A; B; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W

Sommario/riassunto

Biomedical ethics is a burgeoning academic field with complex and far-reaching consequences. Whereas in Western secular bioethics this subject falls within larger ethical theories and applications (utilitarianism, deontology, teleology, and the like), Islamic biomedical ethics has yet to find its natural academic home in Islamic studies.  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. He depends on Muslim legal theory,