Aims

Hosted by the Initiative on Islam & Medicine within the Program on Medicine and Religion at the University of Chicago, and co-sponsored by the American Islamic College, this 3-day workshop provides an in-depth conceptual introduction to the field of Islamic bioethics and will examine the practical and theological ethics of organ donation in Muslim contexts and from an Islamic perspective. As we cover key concepts within Islamic theology, law and ethical frameworks as they relate to bioethics, participants will gain skills that enable them to read Islamic bioethics literature and engage in moral reasoning about clinical ethics cases.

Audience

Allied healthcare professionals and trainees, chaplains, religious leaders, bioethics professionals, and researchers interested in the intersection of Islam, bioethics and biomedicine.

Workshop Learning Objectives

• Identify the major sources of Islamic normativity with respect to the nascent field of Islamic bioethics.
• Discuss critical concepts of Islamic theology and doctrinal positions that underpin Islamic moral frameworks.
• Describe the Islamic ethico-legal perspectives on the permissibility of organ donation and transplantation.
• Review the extant literature regarding Muslim attitudes and behaviors with respect to organ donation.