Medicine and Shariah:  A Dialogue in Islamic Bioethics 

 - xvi, 249 p.,  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> "Padela and his contributors address a hitherto unexplored dimension of Islamic bioethics: the dynamics and tensions between Muslim medical doctors and Islamic jurists. What happens, and what should happen, when ancient faith and modern medicine both make claims on care for the ill? What, at the end of the day, constitutes true 'Islamic bioethics?' Includes a foreword and a chapter by Ebrahim Moosa"-- 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medical ethics--Religious aspects--Islam<br/>Bioethics--Religious aspects--Islam<br/>Medical jurisprudence (Islamic law)