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    Muslim medical ethics : from theory to practice / edited by Jonathan E. Brockopp and Thomas Eich.

    • Title:Muslim medical ethics : from theory to practice / edited by Jonathan E. Brockopp and Thomas Eich.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Brockopp, Jonathan E., 1962-
      Eich, Thomas.
    • Published/Created:Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, ©2008.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Medical ethics--Religious aspects--Islam.
      Islamic ethics.
    • Medical Subjects: Ethics, Medical.
      Bioethical Issues.
      Islam.
      Religion and Medicine.
    • Description:x, 298 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
    • Series:Studies in comparative religion (Columbia, S.C.)
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-283) and index.
    • ISBN:9781570037535 (paper)
      1570037531 (paper)
    • Contents:Introduction. Medical Ethics and Muslim Perspectives / Thomas Eich and Jonathan E. Brockopp
      Pt. 1. Before the Biomedical Paradigm
      Ethics of the Physician in the Galeno-Islamic Tradition / Samar Farage
      Enduring the Plague: Ethical Behavior in the Fatwas of a Fourteenth-Century Mufti and Theologian / Justin Stearns
      Pt. 2. Normative Muslim Medical Discourses
      Decision-Making Processes among Contemporary 'Ulama': Islamic Embryology and the Discussion of Frozen Embryos / Thomas Eich
      Rethinking Islamic Legal Ethics in Egypt's Organ Transplant Debate / Sherine Hamdy
      Pt. 3. Norms and Their (Non-)Application
      Competing Needs and Pragmatic Decision-Making: Islam and Permanent Contraception in Northern Tanzania / Susi Krehbiel Keefe
      Male Infertility in Mali: Kinship and Impacts on Biomedical Practice in Bamako / Viola Horbst
      Islam, Organ Transplants, and Organ Trafficking in the Muslim World: Paving a Path for Solutions / Debra Budiani and Othman Shibly
      Ethical and Legal Implications in Assisted Reproductive Technology: Perspective Analysis of the Gulf Cooperative Council States / Hamza Eskandarani
      Pt. 4. Muslims in Clinical Settings in North America and Europe
      Permissibility of Organ Donation, End-of-Life Care, and Autopsy in Shiite Islam: A Case Study / Iqbal H. Jaffer and Shabbir M. H. Alibhai
      Comparative Analysis of Islamic and Jewish End-of-Life Ethics: A Case-Based Approach / Shabbir M. H. Alibhai and Michael Gordon
      Medication and God at Interplay: End-of-Life Decision-Making in Practicing Male Moroccan Migrants Living in Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium / Stef Van den Branden and Bert Broeckaert
      Pt. 5. Teaching Muslim Medical Ethics
      Reporting on "Islamic Bioethics" in the Medical Literature: Where Are the Experts? / Hasan Shanawani and Mohammad Hassan Khalil
      Islamic Medical Ethics: What and How to Teach / Hassan Bella
      Defining the Pedagogical Parameters of Islamic Bioethics / Abdulaziz Sachedina
      Conclusion / Marcia C. Inhorn.
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