The ongoing charity of organ donation. Contemporary English Sunni fatwas on organ donation and blood transfusion

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Title

The ongoing charity of organ donation. Contemporary English Sunni fatwas on organ donation and blood transfusion

Author

Van den Branden, Stef
Broeckaert, Bert

Publisher

2011/03/00

Language

English

Publication Date

20110300

Primary Classification

19.5

Secondary Classification

19.5;1.2;19.1;19.4;1.3.12

Primary keywords

blood transfusions--[pri];fatwas--[pri];Internet--[pri];organ donation--[pri];organ transplantation--[pri]

Secondary keywords

altruism;animal organs;blood donation;brain death;cadavers;determination of death;empirical research;evaluation studies;human body;informed consent;international aspects;Islamic ethics;language;living donors;living wills;Muslim world;Muslims;selection for treatment;theology;value of life;xenotransplantation

Subject

Sunnis--[pri]

Subject

Islamic ritual purity

Journal Article

Bioethics 2011 March; 25(3): 167-175

Primary Document Type

ja

Call Number

citation

Subject Captions

aer

Bibliography

49 fn.

Collection

IMSE Database

Citation

“The ongoing charity of organ donation. Contemporary English Sunni fatwas on organ donation and blood transfusion,” Islamic Medical & Scientific Ethics, accessed January 15, 2025, https://imse.ibp.georgetown.domains/items/show/34773.