Augmenting Medical Education with Islamic Bioethics Part 2
Summary
This episode identifies notable shortcomings in the contemporary medical ethics and proposes strategies to bridge the gaps with the Islamic code of conduct for physicians
Takeaways
- People think medicine and health practice started with the Europeans and that's not really true
- There is a lot of similarities between contemporary and Islamic medicine ethics.
- If you cannot add days into a patient life, at least add quality
- Allah is the supreme healer. He is the one that has the right to give life and to take life
- Justice means everybody must get equal care
- If a physician makes a mistake, he must apologize to and compensate the patient.
- Muslims can forge ahead and come with a course which incorporates these good principles.
- Complete health includes spiritual.
Discussion Points
- Commonalities between Medical Ethics and Islamic Physician Code of Ethics
- Shortcomings of Medical Ethics compared to Islamic Code of Ethics
- Ethical challenges encountered by Muslim health workers
- Integrating Islamic bioethics in Medical Education
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