Medical confidentiality ethics: the genesis of an Islamic juristic perspective

• Main Author: Muhsin, Sayyed Mohamed
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Springer Science+Business Media 2022
• Subjects: BJ1188 Religious ethics; BL Religion; R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/90564/2/s10943-021-01313-7; http://irep.iium.edu.my/90564/8/90564_Medical%20confidentiality%20ethics_%20the%20genesis%20of%20an%20Islamic%20juristic%20perspective.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/90564/15/90564_Medical%20confidentiality%20ethics%20the%20genesis%20of%20an%20Islamic%20juristic%20perspective_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/90564/; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10943-021-01313-7

The Sharīʿah affords considerable concern for human emotions, with its rulings seeking to remove the deliberate and accidental types of harm that may be inflicted on individuals or society. The principle of medical confidentiality protects patients’ dignity and avoids potential harm if otherwise pra...