The ongoing charity of organ donation. Contemporary english sunni fatwas on organ donation and blood transfusion

Bioethics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 167-175

  Van Den Branden, Stef ^a   Broeckaert, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Fatwa; Islam; Organ donation

Indexed keywords

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CADAVER; ETHICS; HUMAN; LIVING DONOR; RELIGION; TRANSPLANTATION;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CADAVER; HUMANS; ISLAM; LIVING DONORS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 79551523333     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: 14678519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2009.01782.x     Document Type: Article

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