Islamic Bioethics: Problems and Perspectives

• Main Author: Atighetchi, Dariusch (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, 31
• Subjects: Medicine.; Religion.; Culture > Study and teaching.; Science.; Medical ethics.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; Medicine & Public Health.; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.; Regional and Cultural Studies.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.; Science, general.; Religious Studies, general.

This book presents a critical analysis of the debate at the religious, legal and political level sparked off by the introduction of new biomedical technologies (cloning, genetics, organ transplants, IVF, etc.) in Muslim countries. It compares the positions of "classic" Muslim law and conte...

Table of Contents:

• to Muslim Law
• Features of Islamic Bioethics
• Some Aspects of Medical Ethics
• Contraception and Population Control
• Abortion
• Assisted Procreation
• The Development of Organ Transplants
• Aids
• The Opinions on Genetics
• The End of Life
• Female Genital Mutilation in Specific Muslim Areas
• The Koran and Modern Science
• General Conclusions.