Contemporary Bioethics

Part I. Introductory Chapters

1. Introduction
Mohammed Ali Al-Bar, Hassan Chamsi-Pasha

2. The Sources of Common Principles of Morality and Ethics in Islam
Mohammed Ali Al-Bar, Hassan Chamsi-Pasha

3. The Origins of Islamic Morality and Ethics
Mohammed Ali Al-Bar, Hassan Chamsi-Pasha

4. Virtue Ethics and Moral Character Related to Medical Profession
Mohammed Ali Al-Bar, Hassan Chamsi-Pasha

5. Regulation of Medical Profession and Medical Research
Mohammed Ali Al-Bar, Hassan Chamsi-Pasha

Part II. The Four Principles of Biomedical Ethics with an Islamic Perspective

6. Autonomy
Mohammed Ali Al-Bar, Hassan Chamsi-Pasha

7. Nonmaleficence
Mohammed Ali Al-Bar, Hassan Chamsi-Pasha

8. Beneficence
Mohammed Ali Al-Bar, Hassan Chamsi-Pasha

9. Justice: The Lost Value
Mohammed Ali Al-Bar, Hassan Chamsi-Pasha

Part III. Selected Topics

10. Abortion
Mohammed Ali Al-Bar, Hassan Chamsi-Pasha

11. Assisted Reproductive Technology: Islamic Perspective
Mohammed Ali Al-Bar, Hassan Chamsi-Pasha

12. Ethical Issues in Genetics (Premarital Counseling, Genetic Testing, Genetic Engineering, Cloning and Stem Cell Therapy, DNA Fingerprinting)
Mohammed Ali Al-Bar, Hassan Chamsi-Pasha

13. Organ Transplantation
Mohammed Ali Al-Bar, Hassan Chamsi-Pasha

14. Brain Death
Mohammed Ali Al-Bar, Hassan Chamsi-Pasha

15. End-of-Life Care
Mohammed Ali Al-Bar, Hassan Chamsi-Pasha

Nyckelord: Biomedicine, Human Genetics, Theory of Medicine/Bioethics, Ethics