Islamic bioethics: problems and perspectives

Islamic bioethics: problems and perspectives

Atighetchi, Dariusch

New York: Springer, 2007.

United States of America: New York, NY

375 p.

English

20070000

Gift of the publisher

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bioethical issues--[pri];bioethics--[pri];Islamic ethics--[pri];Muslim world--[pri];sharia--[pri]

abortion;AIDS;circumcision;cloning;contraception;euthanasia;females;genetic intervention;Koran;medical ethics;organ donation;organ transplantation;reproductive technologies;science;terminal care

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Note -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction to Muslim law -- The origins -- The present -- Conclusion -- 2. Features of Islamic bioethics -- The value of the different positions -- The problems of ethical pluralism -- Algeria, Tunisia, Pakistan and Iran -- The dependence on Muslim law -- The political dimension of Islamic bioethics -- The principles of bioethics -- Cultural sensibilities and medical ethics -- Bioethics and society -- Bioethics and apologetics -- Bioethics and Muslim countries -- Conclusion -- 3. Some aspects of medical ethics -- Introduction -- Principles and characteristics -- The doctor-patient relationship -- Men and women -- Autonomy and consent of the patient -- Saudi Arabia, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria -- The problem of penal mutilation -- Doctors and penal mutilation -- Conclusion -- 4. Contraception and population control -- Some classic formulations -- The contemporary debate: the pro-contraception -- Jurists -- Sterilisation -- The opponents of contraception -- The socio-political context -- The case of Iran -- Conclusion -- 5. Abortion -- Introduction -- The sources of tradition -- Before ensoulment -- After ensoulment -- The penal system -- The duration of pregnancy -- Three bioethical problems -- The debate and contemporary opinions -- Rape, adultery and fornication -- Legislation in some countries -- Abortion and the defence of honour -- Conclusion -- 6. Assisted procreation -- Introduction -- Legal adoption -- Juridical-religious formulations -- Opinions in Shi'ite Islam -- Problems relative to the embryo -- Society and legislation -- Conclusion -- 7. The development of organ transplants -- Ethical-juridical principles -- Some features of the debate -- Transplants from living donors -- Transplants from corpses -- The debate on the criteria of death -- The organ trade -- Uterine transplantation -- Xenotransplantation -- Some national legislations -- Conclusion -- 8. AIDS --Introduction -- Particular aspects -- The countries -- 9. The opinions on genetics -- Principles and values -- The debate on genetics -- Human cloning -- Positions tolerating human cloning -- Research on stem cells -- The abortion of handicapped foetuses -- Consanguineous marriage -- Pre-natal diagnosis -- Conclusion -- 10. The end of life -- Suffering and illness -- The incurably and terminally ill patient -- Palliative care -- Information and consent of the seriously and terminally ill patient -- The living will -- Euthanasia -- Suicide and martyrdom -- Death -- Post-Mortems -- Conclusion -- 11. Female genital mutilation in specific Muslim areas -- Some historical-juridical elements -- The opinions in favour of genital mutilation -- The opinions against genital mutilation -- The debate in some countries -- 12. The Koran and modern science -- Introduction -- Scientific exegesis of the Koran -- Moderate concordism -- The opponents of scientific exegesis -- Conclusion -- 13. General conclusions -- Author index -- Subject index

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International library of ethics, law, and the new medicine; Vol. 31

Includes references

9781402049613