Islam, fatalism, and medical intervention: Lessons from Egypt on the cultivation of forbearance (sabr) and reliance on god (tawakkul)

Anthropological Quarterly

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 173-196

  Hamdy, Sherine F ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Divine will; Egypt; Fatalism; Illness; Islam; Medicine; Organ transplantation; Suffering

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651241487     PISSN: 00035491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/anq.0.0053     Document Type: Article

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