Medical ethics and Islam: principles and practice

Medical ethics and Islam: principles and practice.

A minimum level of cultural awareness is a necessary prerequisite for the delivery of care that is culturally sensitive. In this paper we simplify and highlight certain key teachings in Islamic medical ethics and explore their applications. We hope that the insights gained will aid clinicians to better understand their Muslim patients and deliver care that pays due respect to their beliefs.

Buddhism and Medical Ethics: Principles and Practice

Islam and Biomedical Ethics

Islamic bioethics is in good health, this article argues. During the twentieth century, academic researchers had to deal with a number of difficulties including the scarcity of available Islamic sources. However, the twenty-first century witnessed significant breakthroughs in the field of Islamic bioethics. A growing number of normative works authored by Muslim religious scholars and studies co...

Medical Ethics Medical Ethics in Religious Traditions: A Study of Judaism, Catholicism, and Islam

Multiculturalism and its associated plurality of value systems is rapidly becoming the norm in modern medical practice. Given this increasing diversity, greater emphasis upon cultural and ethical competence in physician training is necessary in order to provide culturally sensitive and ethically sound care. Religious values shape ethical codes and are expressed in the cultural norms of subcommu...

ethics and religious principles in medical research

background: the four pillars of ethics are human dignity, beneficence, non-malfeasance and justice. among the application of ethics in medical research we can look at all of any of these principles specially. in the other hand, in iran there is a long history in the field of medical science and medical ethics from earlier muslim scholars to islamic flourishing period. in this study we aimed to ...