Islamic jurisprudential and ethical considerations of practicing medical procedures on nearly dead patients: Part II (Shiite jurisprudents’ viewpoints)
Part one of the present study presented practical Islamic jurisprudential rules and investigated their application to performing medical procedures on nearly dead patients. It was contended that a dying patient could be used in medical education in cases where there is no alternative method, provide...
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| author | Nazafarin Ghasemzadeh Fariba Asghari Mandana Shirazi Fatemeh Faramarzi Razini Bagher Larijani |
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| description | Part one of the present study presented practical Islamic jurisprudential rules and investigated their application to performing medical procedures on nearly dead patients. It was contended that a dying patient could be used in medical education in cases where there is no alternative method, provided the patient voluntarily consents and is not offended. Part two of the present study addresses the issue by referring to the opinions of Islamic jurisprudents to find an appropriate solution to a challenging question in medicine, namely, whether clinical training of medical students on the dying person is permissible. For this purpose, istiftas (petitions or requests for a fatwa) were sent to prominent contemporary Shiite jurisprudents to solicit their opinions on the use of dying patients for medical education. After exploring the existing views, it was finally concluded that the majority of the jurisprudents allowed the practice in cases of “necessity” and provided that the principles of “no harm” and “consent” were strictly observed. All these terms are found in jurisprudential rules, and we reached the conclusion that Shiite jurisprudents considered this type of training permissible under certain circumstances and in accordance with jurisprudential rules. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fd3732e4e9d646bebdaa9d7814b6ab7f2022-12-22T01:40:20ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesJournal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine2008-03872018-12-0111Islamic jurisprudential and ethical considerations of practicing medical procedures on nearly dead patients: Part II (Shiite jurisprudents’ viewpoints)Nazafarin Ghasemzadeh0Fariba Asghari1Mandana Shirazi2Fatemeh Faramarzi Razini3Bagher Larijani4PhD Candidate in Medical Ethics, Medical Ethics and History of Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Associate Professor, Medical Ethics and History of Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Associate Professor, Department of Medical Education, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Mentor, Department of Jurisprudence and Islamic Law, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.Professor, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran, Iran; Medical Ethics and History of Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Part one of the present study presented practical Islamic jurisprudential rules and investigated their application to performing medical procedures on nearly dead patients. It was contended that a dying patient could be used in medical education in cases where there is no alternative method, provided the patient voluntarily consents and is not offended. Part two of the present study addresses the issue by referring to the opinions of Islamic jurisprudents to find an appropriate solution to a challenging question in medicine, namely, whether clinical training of medical students on the dying person is permissible. For this purpose, istiftas (petitions or requests for a fatwa) were sent to prominent contemporary Shiite jurisprudents to solicit their opinions on the use of dying patients for medical education. After exploring the existing views, it was finally concluded that the majority of the jurisprudents allowed the practice in cases of “necessity” and provided that the principles of “no harm” and “consent” were strictly observed. All these terms are found in jurisprudential rules, and we reached the conclusion that Shiite jurisprudents considered this type of training permissible under certain circumstances and in accordance with jurisprudential rules.https://jmehm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jmehm/article/view/499Medical trainingDying patientOpinions of contemporary Shiite jurisprudentsIslamic jurisprudential rules |
| spellingShingle | Nazafarin Ghasemzadeh Fariba Asghari Mandana Shirazi Fatemeh Faramarzi Razini Bagher Larijani Islamic jurisprudential and ethical considerations of practicing medical procedures on nearly dead patients: Part II (Shiite jurisprudents’ viewpoints) Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine Medical training Dying patient Opinions of contemporary Shiite jurisprudents Islamic jurisprudential rules |
| title | Islamic jurisprudential and ethical considerations of practicing medical procedures on nearly dead patients: Part II (Shiite jurisprudents’ viewpoints) |
| title_full | Islamic jurisprudential and ethical considerations of practicing medical procedures on nearly dead patients: Part II (Shiite jurisprudents’ viewpoints) |
| title_fullStr | Islamic jurisprudential and ethical considerations of practicing medical procedures on nearly dead patients: Part II (Shiite jurisprudents’ viewpoints) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Islamic jurisprudential and ethical considerations of practicing medical procedures on nearly dead patients: Part II (Shiite jurisprudents’ viewpoints) |
| title_short | Islamic jurisprudential and ethical considerations of practicing medical procedures on nearly dead patients: Part II (Shiite jurisprudents’ viewpoints) |
| title_sort | islamic jurisprudential and ethical considerations of practicing medical procedures on nearly dead patients part ii shiite jurisprudents viewpoints |
| topic | Medical training Dying patient Opinions of contemporary Shiite jurisprudents Islamic jurisprudential rules |
| url | https://jmehm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jmehm/article/view/499 |
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