Medicine and Shariah A Dialogue in Islamic Bioethics.
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Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- An Introduction to Islamic Bioethics: Its Producers and Consumers -- One The Relationship between Religion and Medicine: Insights -- Two The Islamic Juridical Principle of Dire Necessity (al-darūra) and Its Application to the Fieldof Biomedical Interventions -- Three A Jurisprudential (Usūlī) Framework for Cooperation between Muslim Jurists and Physicians and Its Application to the Determination of Death -- Four Considering Being and Knowing in an Ageof Techno-Science Five Exploring the Role of Mental Status and Expert Testimony in the Islamic Judicial Process -- Six Muslim Perspectives on the American Healthcare System: The Discursive Framing of Islamic Bioethical Discourse -- Seven Muslim Doctors and Islamic Bioethics: Insightsfrom a National Survey of Muslim Physiciansin the United States -- Eight Jurists, Physicians, and Other Experts in Dialogue: A Multidisciplinary Vision for Islamic Bioethical Deliberation -- List of Contributors -- Index
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Bioethics--Religious aspects--Islam. Medical laws and legislation (Islamic law)