Looking Beneath the Surface : Medical Ethics from Islamic and Western Perspectives.

Looking Beneath the Surface explores Arab-Islamic and Western perspectives on medical ethical issues: genetic research and treatment, abortion, organ donation, and palliative sedation and euthanasia. The contributions in this volume discuss the state of the (medical) art, the role of laws, counselin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vroom, Hendrik M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Editions Rodopi, 2013.
Colección:Currents of encounter ; v. 48.
Temas:
Medical ethics > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Medical ethics > Religious aspects > Islam.
Cross-cultural studies.
Islam.
Medicine > Religious aspects.
Ethics, Medical
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Islam
Religion and Medicine
Western World
Éthique médicale > Aspect religieux > Islam.
Éthique médicale.
Études transculturelles.
Médecine > Aspect religieux.
Medicine > Religious aspects
Cross-cultural studies
Medical ethics > Religious aspects > Islam
Medical ethics > Religious aspects > Christianity
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Looking Beneath the Surface explores Arab-Islamic and Western perspectives on medical ethical issues: genetic research and treatment, abortion, organ donation, and palliative sedation and euthanasia. The contributions in this volume discuss the state of the (medical) art, the role of laws, counseling, and spiritual counseling in the decision-making process. The different approaches to the ethical issues, ways of moral reasoning, become clear in these contributions, especially the role of tradition for Islam and the importance of autonomy for the West. Beneath the differences, however, the read.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:1306167612
9781306167611
9789401209830
9401209839

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