Clinical Ethics and the Observant Jewish and Muslim Patient

Shared Theocentric Perspectives in Practice

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21598331
AutoresFahmida Hossain (0000-0001-9415-6652, Cornell University, autor de correspondencia), Ezra Gabbay (Cornell University), Joseph J Fins (0000-0002-7221-0053, Cornell University)
Año2025
Volumen34
Número2
Páginas247-263
Fecha de publicación2025-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0963-1801 • E-ISSN: 1469-2147
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0963180124000379
PMID39575535
OpenAlexW4404617261
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas34

Patients from religious minorities can face unique challenges reconciling their beliefs with the values that undergird Western Medical Ethics. This paper explores homologies between approaches of Orthodox Judaism and Islam to medical ethics, and how these religions’ moral codes differ from the prevailing ethos in medicine. Through analysis of religious and biomedical literature, this work examines how Jewish and Muslim religious observances affect decisions about genetic counseling, reproductive health, pediatric medicine, mental health, and end-of-life decisions. These traditions embrace a theocentric rather than an autonomy-based ethics. Central to this conception is the view that life and the body are gifts from God rather than the individual and the primacy of community norms. These insights can help clinicians provide care that aligns Muslim and Jewish patients’ health goals with their religious beliefs and cultural values. Finally, dialogue in a medical context between these faith traditions provides an opportunity for rapprochement amidst geopolitical turmoil

Autonomy · Bioethics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Ethos · Faith · Islam · Judaism · Medical ethics · Political science · Sociology · Theology · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies