Islamic medical ethics and the straight path of God

Bibliographic Data

ID12264637
AuthorsAnthony Kyriakides-Yeldham (University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume16
Issue3
Pages213-225
Publication date2005-07-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueIslam and Christian–Muslim Relations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0959-6410 • E-ISSN: 1469-9311
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09596410500142957
OpenAlexW1965526387
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited1

Increasingly, Islamic medicine and medical ethics are a focus of international debate. As a prescriptive discipline, based on Shari{&art1;}a, Islamic medical ethics is challenged on two fronts. First, the science on which legal judgements are made can change. Second, the schools of jurisprudence may issue different, contradictory judgements. Western non-Muslim health professionals need to understand Shari{&art1;}a-regulated medical ethics because Muslims living in Western Europe are a significant and growing presence. Influenced by aspiration and expectation, however, there is no one Islamic sense of personal identity. In consequence, the straight path, or law of God, is far from straightforward. The application of Shari{&art1;}a to medicine can cause tension between traditionalists and modernists, pragmatism and theology. Three medical issues are explored: abortion, embryology research and organ transplantation. Although remaining faithful to what has guided ethical decision-making in the past, Islam needs to be ready to engage with new ethical questions of the future

Abortion · Bioethics · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Fiqh · Identity (music · Islam · Jurisprudence · Medical ethics · Political science · Pragmatism · Sharia · Sociology · Theology · Engineering · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare · Ethics in medical practice · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology

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