Medicine and Shariah: A Dialogue in Islamic Bioethics

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