Medical ethics in the light of maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah: a case study of medical confidentiality

• Main Authors: Ghalia, Bouhedda, Amanullah, Muhammad, Zakariyah, Luqman, Muhsin, Syed Muhammad
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia 2018
• Subjects: BP173.77 Islam and work; R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/65269/1/65269_Medical%20Ethics%20in%20the%20Light.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/65269/2/65269_Medical%20Ethics%20in%20the%20Light_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/65269/3/65269_Medical%20Ethics%20in%20the%20Light_WOS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/65269/; http://journals.iium.edu.my/intdiscourse/index.php/islam/article/view/1118

The Islamic jurists utilized the discipline of maqāṣid al-sharīʿah, in its capacity as the philosophy of Islamic law, in their legal and ethical interpretations, with added interest in addressing the issues of modern times. Aphoristically subsuming the major themes of the Sharīʿah, maqāṣid play a...