Atanazi az didghahe Eslam va akhalgh pezeshgi novin = Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide from Islamic and modern medical ethics perspectives
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Title
Atanazi az didghahe Eslam va akhalgh pezeshgi novin = Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide from Islamic and modern medical ethics perspectives
Author
Hashemi, Zahra
Mortazavi, Seyed Mohammad Javad,
Mortazavi, Seyed Mohammad Javad,
Publisher
2008/00/00
Language
Persian
Publication Date
20080000
Abstract
Life in Islam is so valuable that the holy Quran states that saving the life of one person is the same as saving the life of all human beings. Based on the doctrines of this holy and divine religion, a person's life does not belong to him, but it has been entrusted to him as a loan. The safe keeping of this trust is every Moslem's obligation. One of the controversial issues of medical ethics and philosophy is the issue of life and death. A particularly challenging case in the medical ethics is the issue of Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia, the deliberate and intentional act which is clearly intended to end a patient's life. Based on the doctrines of some man based religions, a patient's informed request for ending his life could become a basis for justifying euthanasia, but the governing laws and religions of many countries clearly reject euthanasia as an unlawful and unethical act. World Medical Association (WMA), as part of the Hippocratic Oath, prohibits and rejects euthanasia as unethical. Considering the variability of medical issues, the modern medical ethics tries to evaluate these issues from philosophical, legal and divine perspectives. In order to do this, it needs to take into considerations many decisions and standpoints. One of the most challenging issues in this field is euthanasia. This article makes a comparative evaluation of the perspectives of the divine religions specially Islam and the modern medical ethics about the issue of euthanasia.
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Abstract in English and Farsi
Primary Classification
20.5.1
Secondary Classification
20.5.1;1.2;20.7
Primary keywords
assisted suicide--[pri];euthanasia--[pri];Islamic ethics--[pri]
Secondary keywords
Koran;medical ethics;physician's role;value of life;voluntary euthanasia
Journal Article
Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine 2008; 1(3): 36-43
Link for Internet access
Primary Document Type
ja
Call Number
citation
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“Atanazi az didghahe Eslam va akhalgh pezeshgi novin = Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide from Islamic and modern medical ethics perspectives,” Islamic Medical & Scientific Ethics, accessed September 7, 2024, http://imse.ibp.georgetown.domains/items/show/34339.