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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sachedina, Abdulaziz Abdulhussein, 1942-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Medical ethics > Religious aspects > Islam.
Bioethics > Religious aspects > Islam.
Bioethics.
Islam.
Bioethical Issues
Ethics, Medical
Islam
Éthique médicale > Aspect religieux > Islam.
Bioéthique.
Éthique médicale.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Business Ethics.
Bioethics
Medical ethics > Religious aspects > Islam
Bioethics > Religious aspects > Islam
Online Access:Texto completo
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 280 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-272) and index.
ISBN:9780199702848
0199702845
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0199860238
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9780199888610
9786612053955
661205395X
1282053957
9781282053953

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