Health policy, ethics and human values : an Islamic perspective , reflections on the Cairo seminar, Cairo, Egypt, 24-25 November 1988 / sponsored by the Islamic Organization for Medical Sciences and the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences.
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TextPublication details: Geneva : CIOMS, 1989. Description: 44 pISBN: 9290360380Subject(s): Ethics, Medical -- congresses | Health policy -- congresses | Islam | Religion and medicine | Health LegislationNLM classification: W 50Abstract: Considers the Islamic perspective on issues of health policy, ethics, and human values as seen within the context of an evolving international debate, particularly concerning new ethical issues raised by either new medical technologies or the transfer of technologies to new areas. The first half of the book reproduces introductory remarks made during a conference that united leading Muslim scholars with ethicists and policymakers representing other religious, cultural, and scientific views. An effort is made to explain how cardinal principles of Islam, involving respect for human dignity, justice and beneficence, reflect on medicine and the medical profession. The second half of the book briefly reviews the issues debated during the conference and some of the main statements made, including points where opinions differed considerably.
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Considers the Islamic perspective on issues of health policy, ethics, and human values as seen within the context of an evolving international debate, particularly concerning new ethical issues raised by either new medical technologies or the transfer of technologies to new areas. The first half of the book reproduces introductory remarks made during a conference that united leading Muslim scholars with ethicists and policymakers representing other religious, cultural, and scientific views. An effort is made to explain how cardinal principles of Islam, involving respect for human dignity, justice and beneficence, reflect on medicine and the medical profession. The second half of the book briefly reviews the issues debated during the conference and some of the main statements made, including points where opinions differed considerably.
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