by Dr Hussein Nagi | Aug 30, 2023
There is no doubt that the oath of Hippocrates, born between 864 or 865, is considered to be one of the first landmarks in the ethics of the practice in medicine. It is disheartening and surprising that literature about the ethics of the practice of medicine leave a...
by Shaykh Dr Rafaqat Rashid | Aug 28, 2023
Abstract This paper provides a comprehensive response to recent critiques surrounding the ethical permissibility of procuring vital organs from patients declared clinically brain -dead within Islamic jurisprudence. The author not only summarizes but also expands upon...
by Usman Maravia | Aug 28, 2023
In relation to COVID-19, from April 3rd onward people aged 75 years and older, residents in care homes for older people, and those aged 5 years and over with a weakened immune system [were] offered a booster of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine [in] spring’.1 A dose of...
by Abid Hussain | Apr 28, 2023
Abstract Organ donation and transplantation medicine has posed challenging ethical problems ever since the first successful human to human heart transplant was performed in December 1967. In an effort to solve the conundrum of obtaining healthy living organs from dead...
by Usman Maravia, Nasser Kurdy, Firas Al Janadi | Apr 28, 2023
Abstract A quarter of all deaths in the UK are estimated to be caused by heart disease. Currently, the most effective solution to save patients with end-stage heart disease is a heart transplant. Due to the shortage of donors, many patients continue to remain on the...