Brain death in Islamic ethico-legal deliberation: challenges for applied Islamic bioethics

摘要: Since the 1980s, Islamic scholars and medical experts have used tools of law to formulate ethico-legal opinions on brain death. These assessments varied in their determinations remain controversial. Some juridical councils such as Organization Conferences' Fiqh Academy (OIC-IFA) equate death with cardiopulmonary death, while others Medical Sciences (IOMS) analogize an intermediate state between life Still other repudiated notion entirely. Similarly, are not uniform acceptance brain-stem or whole-brain criteria for consequently conceptualizations of, Within literature, statements Muslim professional societies, has been viewed sanctioned by citing aforementioned rulings. Furthermore, health policies around organ transplantation end-of-life care within world crafted consideration these representative religious made transnational, legally-inclusive, multidisciplinary councils. The also bearing upon clinicians patients who encounter challenges at bedside. For those searching 'Islamically-sanctioned' responses that can inform practice, both OIC-IFA IOMS verdicts palpable gaps clinically ambiguous. In this paper we analyze from perspective applied bioethics raise several questions that, if answered future councils, will better meet needs bioethicists.