Clinical Ethics and the Observant Jewish and Muslim Patient

Shared Theocentric Perspectives in Practice

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ID21598331
AutoresFahmida Hossain (0000-0001-9415-6652, Cornell University, autor correspondente), Ezra Gabbay (Cornell University), Joseph J Fins (0000-0002-7221-0053, Cornell University)
Ano2025
Volume34
Fascículo2
Páginas247-263
Data de publicação2025-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0963-1801 • E-ISSN: 1469-2147
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0963180124000379
PMID39575535
OpenAlexW4404617261
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências 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