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Book/Printed Material Contemporary Bioethics : Islamic Perspective

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Title

  • Contemporary Bioethics : Islamic Perspective

Summary

  • This book discusses the common principles of morality and ethics derived from divinely endowed intuitive reason through the creation of al-fitr' a (nature) and human intellect (al-'aql). Biomedical topics are presented and ethical issues related to topics such as genetic testing, assisted reproduction and organ transplantation are discussed. Whereas these natural sources are God's special gifts to human beings, God's revelation as given to the prophets is the supernatural source of divine guidance through which human communities have been guided at all times through history. The second part of the book concentrates on the objectives of Islamic religious practice - the maqa' sid - which include: Preservation of Faith, Preservation of Life, Preservation of Mind (intellect and reason), Preservation of Progeny (al-nasl) and Preservation of Property. Lastly, the third part of the book discusses selected topical issues, including abortion, assisted reproduction devices, genetics, organ transplantation, brain death and end-of-life aspects. For each topic, the current medical evidence is followed by a detailed discussion of the ethical issues involved.

Names

  • Al-Bar, Mohammed Ali, author.
  • Chamsi-Pasha, Hassan, author.

Created / Published

  • Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.

Headings

  • -  Ethics
  • -  Human genetics
  • -  Medical ethics
  • -  Human Genetics
  • -  Theory of Medicine/Bioethics

Notes

  • -  Description based on publisher-supplied MARC data.
  • -  Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0) (SpringerNature-43708)
  • -  Biomedical and Life Sciences (SpringerNature-11642)

Medium

  • 1 online resource (XV, 267 pages)

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019760434

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Access Advisory

  • Unrestricted online access
  • Open Access

Online Format

  • image
  • epub

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Chicago citation style:

Al-Bar, Mohammed Ali, Author, and Hassan Chamsi-Pasha. Contemporary Bioethics: Islamic Perspective. Cham: Springer International Publishing: Imprint: Springer, 2015. Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/2019760434/.

APA citation style:

Al-Bar, M. A. & Chamsi-Pasha, H. (2015) Contemporary Bioethics: Islamic Perspective. Cham: Springer International Publishing: Imprint: Springer. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2019760434/.

MLA citation style:

Al-Bar, Mohammed Ali, Author, and Hassan Chamsi-Pasha. Contemporary Bioethics: Islamic Perspective. Cham: Springer International Publishing: Imprint: Springer, 2015. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2019760434/>.