Ethical hazards of modern, advanced medical technology in promoting euthanasia: a resolution from Islamic perspective

Proponents of active euthanasia argue that in cases where the modern, advanced medical technology has prolonged death of many miserable terminally ill patients, active euthanasia can put end to their suffering; hence active euthanasia should be permissible. Against this line of thought, the research...

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Main Author:	Malik, Mohammad Manzoor
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) 2011
Subjects:	BJ1188 Religious ethics BJ1725 Ethics of social groups, classes, etc. Professional ethics RA1001 Forensic Medicine. Medical jurisprudence. Legal medicine
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/16434/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/16434/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/16434/1/Hazards_of_ModerMedical_Technology.pdf

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spelling	iium-164342012-01-30T00:46:21Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/16434/ Ethical hazards of modern, advanced medical technology in promoting euthanasia: a resolution from Islamic perspective Malik, Mohammad Manzoor BJ1188 Religious ethics BJ1725 Ethics of social groups, classes, etc. Professional ethics RA1001 Forensic Medicine. Medical jurisprudence. Legal medicine Proponents of active euthanasia argue that in cases where the modern, advanced medical technology has prolonged death of many miserable terminally ill patients, active euthanasia can put end to their suffering; hence active euthanasia should be permissible. Against this line of thought, the researcher argues that much of the suffering which terminally ill patients go through occurs because of the misapplication of the advanced medical technology. Therefore, mishandled, mistreated, or over-treated patients become alleged subjects of debate on active euthanasia. It may be argued that consensus on permitting activeeuthanasia hasremained so far impossible because of ethical, cultural, and religious reasons, yet there is possibility of attaining consensus on the appropriate use and employment of advanced medical technology. This research argues that to avoid any legal and moral risks which may emerge from the inappropriate employment of the advanced medical technology to terminally ill patients, it is important to make the very initiation of advanced medical treatment in regard to the terminally ill patients subject to moral and legal analysis. This paper has basically two arguments: moral and preventive law arguments, and their links with Islamic perspective, leading eventually, to the Islamic perspective on the issue so as to suggest an ethically sound and rationally valid alternative. International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) 2011-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/16434/1/Hazards_of_ModerMedical_Technology.pdf Malik, Mohammad Manzoor (2011) Ethical hazards of modern, advanced medical technology in promoting euthanasia: a resolution from Islamic perspective. Journal of Islam in Asia, S.Iss. (2). pp. 337-355. ISSN 1823-0970 (In Press) http://www.iium.edu.my/jiasia/ojs-2.2/index.php/Islam
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description	Proponents of active euthanasia argue that in cases where the modern, advanced medical technology has prolonged death of many miserable terminally ill patients, active euthanasia can put end to their suffering; hence active euthanasia should be permissible. Against this line of thought, the researcher argues that much of the suffering which terminally ill patients go through occurs because of the misapplication of the advanced medical technology. Therefore, mishandled, mistreated, or over-treated patients become alleged subjects of debate on active euthanasia. It may be argued that consensus on permitting activeeuthanasia hasremained so far impossible because of ethical, cultural, and religious reasons, yet there is possibility of attaining consensus on the appropriate use and employment of advanced medical technology. This research argues that to avoid any legal and moral risks which may emerge from the inappropriate employment of the advanced medical technology to terminally ill patients, it is important to make the very initiation of advanced medical treatment in regard to the terminally ill patients subject to moral and legal analysis. This paper has basically two arguments: moral and preventive law arguments, and their links with Islamic perspective, leading eventually, to the Islamic perspective on the issue so as to suggest an ethically sound and rationally valid alternative.
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title	Ethical hazards of modern, advanced medical technology in promoting euthanasia: a resolution from Islamic perspective
title_short	Ethical hazards of modern, advanced medical technology in promoting euthanasia: a resolution from Islamic perspective
title_full	Ethical hazards of modern, advanced medical technology in promoting euthanasia: a resolution from Islamic perspective
title_fullStr	Ethical hazards of modern, advanced medical technology in promoting euthanasia: a resolution from Islamic perspective
title_full_unstemmed	Ethical hazards of modern, advanced medical technology in promoting euthanasia: a resolution from Islamic perspective
title_sort	ethical hazards of modern, advanced medical technology in promoting euthanasia: a resolution from islamic perspective
publisher	International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)
publishDate	2011
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/16434/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/16434/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/16434/1/Hazards_of_ModerMedical_Technology.pdf
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