Contemporary bioethics : Islamic perspective /: Islamic perspective. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mohammed Ali Al-Bar, Hassan Chamsi-Pasha.
• Authors: Bārr, Muḥammad ʿAlī; Chamsi-Pasha, Hassan
• Contents: Introductory chapters. Introduction -- The sources of common principles of morality and ethics in Islam -- The origins of Islamic morality and ethics -- Virtue ethics and moral character related to medical profession -- Regulation of medical profession and medical research -- The four principles of biomedical ethics with an Islamic perspective. Autonomy -- Nonmaleficence -- Beneficence -- Justice: the lost value -- Selected topics: Abortion -- Assisted reproductive technology: Islamic perspective -- Ethical issues in genetics (premarital counseling, genetic testing, genetic engineering, cloning and stem cell therapy, DNA Fingerprinting) -- Organ transplantation -- Brain death -- End-of-life care.
• Publisher Details: Cham : SpringerOpen
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 267 pages)
• Subjects: 297.542; Bioethics -- Religious aspects -- Islam; Bioethics -- Religious aspects -- Islam; Bioethics; Islam; Religion and Medicine; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319184289; 3319184288
• Related ISBNs: 9783319184272; 331918427X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 19, 2016).
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