Climate change in Africa and the Middle East in light of health, ubuntu, and Islam

Dublin Core

Title

Climate change in Africa and the Middle East in light of health, ubuntu, and Islam

Author

Metz, Thaddeus

Publisher

2016/00/00

Language

English

Publication Date

20160000

Abstract

This article principally addresses the likely effects of global warming on health in developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa, northern Africa and the Middle East as well as how medical professionals, such as doctors, nurses, bioethicists and public health researchers, should respond to them in light of ubuntu and Islam, values characteristically held in those regions.

Primary Classification

16.1

Secondary Classification

16.1;9.1;1.2

Primary keywords

common good--[pri];environmental health--[pri];Islamic ethics--[pri]

Secondary keywords

developing countries;ecology;environment;geographic factors;socioeconomic factors

Subject

Africa--[pri];Middle East--[pri]

Subject

Islamic bioethics--[pri];climate change--[pri];maslahah--[pri];ubuntu--[pri]

Subject

greenhouse gas emissions

Journal Article

South African Journal of Bioethics and Law2016; 9(2):88-92

Note

Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial Works License (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Call Number

citation

Bibliography

40 refs

ISSN

19997639 (online)

Collection

IMSE Database

Citation

“Climate change in Africa and the Middle East in light of health, ubuntu, and Islam,” Islamic Medical & Scientific Ethics, accessed January 16, 2025, https://imse.ibp.georgetown.domains/items/show/37513.