Islamic Bioethics: Problems and Perspectives

✍ Scribed by Dariusch Atighetchi (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 379
• Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine 31
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book presents a critical analysis of the debate at the religious, legal and political level sparked off by the introduction of new biomedical technologies (cloning, genetics, organ transplants, IVF, etc.) in Muslim countries. It compares the positions of "classic" Muslim law and contemporary religious authorities; laws in Muslim countries; the attitudes and concrete behaviour of populations, families and individuals, as well as the regulations of medical associations, bioethics committees etc..

The result is a mosaic of positions which are often different (including from the point of view of ethics) but all in pursuit of legitimisation according to the Koran and the Shari’a.

The work has an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on law, sociology, anthropology, politics and the history of science. For this reason it will be of interest to scholars and operators in a wide variety of disciplines and fields.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction to Muslim Law....Pages 1-11
Features of Islamic Bioethics....Pages 13-29
Some Aspects of Medical Ethics....Pages 31-64
Contraception and Population Control....Pages 65-89
Abortion....Pages 91-133
Assisted Procreation....Pages 135-159
The Development of Organ Transplants....Pages 161-197
Aids....Pages 199-234
The Opinions on Genetics....Pages 235-265
The End of Life....Pages 267-303
Female Genital Mutilation in Specific Muslim Areas....Pages 305-326
The Koran and Modern Science....Pages 327-351
General Conclusions....Pages 353-354
Back Matter....Pages 355-377

✦ Subjects

Theory of Medicine/Bioethics; Regional and Cultural Studies; International & Foreign Law/Comparative Law; Science, general; Religious Studies