Islamic medical jurisprudence syllabus: a Review in Saudi Arabia
Chamsi-Pasha, H.; Albar, M.A.
Medical Journal of Malaysia 72(5): 278-281
2017
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-5283 PMID: 29197882 Document Number: 693771
The ever-increasing technological advances of Western medicine have created new ethical issues awaiting answers and response. The use of genetic therapy, organ transplant, milk-banking, end-of-life care and euthanasia are of paramount importance to the medical students and need to be addressed. A series of searches were conducted of Medline databases published in English between January 2000 and January 2017 with the following keywords: medical ethics, syllabus, Islam, jurisprudence. Islamic medical jurisprudence is gaining more attention in some medical schools. However, there is still lack of an organised syllabus in many medical colleges. The outlines of a syllabus in Islamic medical jurisprudence including Islamic values and moral principles related to both the practice and research of medicine are explored.