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Sinai Health Bioethics Grand Rounds: Islamic Bioethics: Background, Beliefs and Principles for End-of-Life Decision-making | Virtual
February 8 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Speaker:
Maram Hassanein RPh, MA, MSc, BPharm
Ethics Fellow, Centre for Clinical Ethics
Description:
This presentation offers a comprehensive overview of Islamic bioethics, covering fundamental terminology, sources, the process of deriving religious rulings, and relevant institutions. It delves into the Islamic perspective on death and brain death, followed by an exploration of life-sustaining treatments, addressing the permissibility and prohibition of withholding/withdrawing CPR, mechanical ventilation, and artificial nutrition and hydration (ANH). Additionally, the presentation touches on palliative care, emphasizing the significance of the choice between dying with a clear mind or opting for palliative sedation. It concludes by examining the conditions governing organ donation.
Objectives:
◦ After this presentation, participants will be able to understand, from an Islamic perspective
◦ The common terminology used
◦ The Islamic institutions that offer guidance and issue rulings
◦ Death and brain death
◦ The permissibility and prohibition of withholding/withdrawing life-sustaining treatments
◦ Palliative care
◦ The criteria for organ donation
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