Islamic biomedical ethics principles and application /
Biomedical ethics is a burgeoning academic field with complex and far-reaching consequences. Whereas in Western secular bioethics this subject falls within larger ethical theories and applications (utilitarianism, deontology, teleology, and the like), Islamic biomedical ethics has yet to find its na...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
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| Online Access: | ebrary View fulltext via EzAccess MyiLibrary Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Summary: | Biomedical ethics is a burgeoning academic field with complex and far-reaching consequences. Whereas in Western secular bioethics this subject falls within larger ethical theories and applications (utilitarianism, deontology, teleology, and the like), Islamic biomedical ethics has yet to find its natural academic home in Islamic studies. In this pioneering work, Abdulaziz Sachedina - a scholar with life-long academic training in Islamic law - relates classic Muslim religious values to the new ethical challenges that arise from medical research and practice. He depends on Muslim legal theory, b. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 280 p.) : ill. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-272) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199702848 (electronic bk.) 0199702845 (electronic bk.) |