Medical experts & Islamic scholars deliberating over brain death: Gaps in the applied Islamic bioethics discourse

Muslim World

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-72

  Padela, Aasim I ^a   Shanawani, Hasan ^b   Arozullah, Ahsan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS; BRAIN DEATH; EDUCATION; HISTORY; MEDICAL STAFF; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; REVIEW;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BIOETHICS; BRAIN DEATH; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; ISLAM; MEDICAL STAFF; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 79951507553     PISSN: 00274909     EISSN: 14781913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-1913.2010.01342.x     Document Type: Review

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