Introduction: why Islam, health and the body?

Dublin Core

Title

Introduction: why Islam, health and the body?

Author

Tober, Diane M.
Budiani, Debra

Publisher

2007/09/00

Publication Date

20070900

Primary Classification

4.4

Secondary Classification

4.4; 1.2; 2.1; 21.7

Primary keywords

bioethical issues--[pri];human body--[pri];Islamic ethics--[pri];Muslim world--[pri]

Secondary keywords

biomedical technologies;comparative studies;cultural pluralism;fatwas;health;ijtihad;Islamic medicine;Islamic rituals;metaphor;Muslim religious scholars;social sciences;Western world

Subject

Egypt;Iran;Shiites;Sunnis

Journal Article

Body and Society 2007 September; 13(3): 1-13

Call Number

special issue shelf

Bibliography

24 refs. 3 fn.

Collection

IMSE Database

Citation

“Introduction: why Islam, health and the body?,” Islamic Medical & Scientific Ethics, accessed July 27, 2024, http://imse.ibp.georgetown.domains/items/show/34797.