Looking beneath the surface : : medical ethics from Islamic and Western perspectives / / edited by Hendrik M. Vroom [and three others].

• Superior document: Currents of encounter : studies on the contact between Christianity and other religions, beliefs, and cultures ; volume 48
• TeilnehmendeR: Vroom, Hendrik M.
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Rodopi,, 2013.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Currents of encounter ; v. 48.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (330 pages).
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Looking Beneath the Surface explores Arab-Islamic and Western perspectives on medical ethical issues: genetic research and treatment, abortion, organ donation, and palliative sedation and euthanasia. The contributions in this volume discuss the state of the (medical) art, the role of laws, counseling, and spiritual counseling in the decision-making process. The different approaches to the ethical issues, ways of moral reasoning, become clear in these contributions, especially the role of tradition for Islam and the importance of autonomy for the West. Beneath the differences, however, the reader will also discover common values, such as the role of dignity and the value of life, and similar practices. Some of the main differences are sociocultural in nature, rather than religious as such. Well-known experts in the fields of medicine and ethics have contributed to this volume from different religious and secular backgrounds. The book offers a carefully written introduction and final chapter on intercultural comparisons. Looking Beneath the Surface is more than a collection of writings on issues in medical ethics: it helps the reader to compare different paradigms of accountability and moral reasoning.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Looking Beneath the Surface: Commonalities and Differences between Islamic and Western Perspectives in Medical Ethics -- The Sources of Islamic Ethics and Fiqh / Marzouk Aulad Abdellah -- Genetic Medicine: Facts and Moral Issues from a Western Perspective / Martina C. Cornel -- Can Facts about Genetic Research Play a Role in Moral Reasoning? : Muslim Perspectives / Ahmed Ragaa A. Ragab and Gamal Serour -- Genetic Testing and Counseling in the Case of Consanguinity: Facts, Ethical and Legal Consequences / Pascal Borry , Marieke Teeuw and Martina C. Cornel -- “Notre huile est dans notre farine” : An Exploration into the Meaning of Consanguinity in Northern Morocco against the Backdrop of the Medical Risk of Disabled Offspring / Oka Storms and Edien Bartels -- The Treatment of Embryos from an Islamic Perspective / Ayman M. Nassar , Serag El Din Mansour and Gamal I. Serour -- The Moral Status of the Human Embryo: Christian Perspectives and the Impact of New Technologies / Egbert Schroten -- Reflections on Termination of Pregnancy for Genetic or Non-Genetic Congenital Disorders / Leo P. ten Kate -- Treatment of the Embryo: Facts and Moral Questions / Guido de Wert -- Abortion: Medical and Moral Aspects in Islamic Perspectives / Moustafa H. Hegab -- Human Organ Transplantation / Ahmed Ragai El-Gindi -- Receiving a Donor Organ and Muslims in Europe: Theological and Intercultural Dimensions / K. Schipper , M. Ghaly and T.A. Abma -- Palliative Sedation: An Exploration from a Christian Ethical Point of View / Theo A. Boer -- Islamic Care Ethics between Law and Conscience / Arslan Karagül -- The Islamic Legal System vis-à-vis: Euthanasia and Organ Transplantation / Mostafa Salem -- The Right to Moral Independence and Its Meaning for Medical Issues / Arend Soeteman -- Observations and Comparisons / Petra Verdonk and Hendrik M. Vroom -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Names -- Contributors.