Islamic teachings of bioethics in relation to the practice of medical genetics

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1781-1787

  El Hazmi, Mohsen A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; BIOETHICS; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; CULTURAL VALUE; DISEASE CONTROL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EDITORIAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CLONING; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL GENETICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOSLEM; PATIENT INFORMATION; PROFESSIONALISM; RELIGION; SOCIAL BELIEF; EDUCATION; ETHICS;

BIOETHICS; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; ISLAM; RELIGION AND MEDICINE;

EID: 41149096688     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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