6/17/2015 1 WELCOME TO THE 2 ND ANNUAL ISLAMIC BIOETHICS WORKSHOP: DISSECTING THE ETHICS OF ORGAN DONATION HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS Registration Desk: Name Badges Course Packets Readings, Information Material, Evaluation Forms Tumbler Course Evaluations [2] Please fill out and return to desk CME Certificates (APPNA Members online; Non-APPNA @ desk) Food Refreshments outside Boxed Lunches Provided Friday Prayers- We will walk over at 12:45 promptly
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WELCOME TO THE 2ND ANNUAL ISLAMIC BIOETHICS WORKSHOP:
DISSECTING THE ETHICS OF ORGAN DONATION
HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS
Registration Desk: Name Badges
Course Packets Readings, Information Material, Evaluation Forms
Tumbler
Course Evaluations [2] Please fill out and return to desk
CME Certificates (APPNA Members online; Non-APPNA @ desk)
Food Refreshments outside
Boxed Lunches Provided
Friday Prayers- We will walk over at 12:45 promptly
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EXPRESSIONS OF GRATITUDE
Program on Medicine & Religion Dr. Dan Sulmasy & Daniel Kim
MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics Dr. Mark Siegler
American Islamic College Dr. Ali Yurtsever
II&M Staff & Volunteers Elham Mireshghi Tasmiha Khan Hadiyah Muhammad Amanda Giles Milkie Vu Alia Azmat Hina Muneeruddin Sofia Sami Azam Zariff Munzareen Padela
All the lecturers & my teachers/mentors
Healthcare System
Seminary
MuslimCommunity
Academy
Islam
American Muslim Health
Translation
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THE INITIATIVE ON ISLAM & MEDICINE
Methodology:‐Bring together religious scholars, Islamic studies experts, medical and social scientists to fill in the knowledge gaps around Islamic bioethics
‐Host intensive workshops, symposia and conferences that disseminate this new knowledge
OVERARCHING GOALS FOR WORKSHOP
Gained conceptual literacy in “Islamic” Bioethics
Equipped with greater understanding regarding the ethico-legal debates surrounding organ donation from Islamic perspectives
Increased interest in studying the intersections of Islam, healthcare, and bioethics
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PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH
Balance Knowledge: Theoretical and Practical
Presentation: Didactic and Narrative/Case-based
Disciplinary Focus: Theology, Law and Sociology
COURSE OVERVIEW
Day 1: Survey of the fieldActors & Material- Practical Lens Typology for end-users of Islamic bioethics literature
Constructing an “Islamic” Bioethics?- Theological Lens Discuss moral theology informed reviewEpistemology of the “normative” in Islamic ethics
Fiqh to Tasawwuf – Legal Lens Empirical and theoretical methods of bioethics
Health Risk Assessment…- Multidisciplinary Theoretical dialogue between clinicians and Islamic scholars
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COURSE OVERVIEW
Day 2: Deep Dive into Organ Donation Ethics Ethical Issues in Living Organ Donor Transplant-
Practical Lens Process & Procedures – Practical Lens Islamic Legal Views on Organ Donation…-Legal Lens Literature review of juridical opinions
Muslim Medical Ethics and Diversity of Ulama- Applied Lens Examine interventions aimed at promoting organ donation amongst
Muslims
Shia Opinions…- Theological and Legal Lens Contexts of Organ Donation…- Sociology &
Anthropology
COURSE OVERVIEW
Day 3: Applied Islamic Bioethics
Role of Muslim Physicians…- Practical Lens
Case Discussion
Conceptual Review
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MOSQUE-BASED SURVEY OF AMERICAN MUSLIMS [MI;N=97]
37% 16% 26% 18%
NATIONAL SURVEY OF AMERICAN MUSLIM PHYSICIANS [IMANA;N=255]
15% 85%
67% 33%
8% 92%
35% 65%
3% 97%
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VISION OF THE II&M
To become the leading center for study, dialogue, and education at the intersection of the Islamic tradition and biomedicine
THE ACTORS & MATERIALS OF “ISLAMIC” BIOETHICS
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BACKGROUND
Islamic Bioethics Newly ‘birthed’ field of academic inquiry with interest
from many corners
Lack of clarity about the “Islamic”What content qualifies as Islamic implications for
methods of derivation and research
Questions about scope and nature of “bioethics” Emerge from the multi- and interdisciplinarity of
bioethics
ISLAMIC BIOETHICS LITERATURE
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Who needs (searches for) is Islamic Bioethical Guidance?
Who are the consumers of Islamic Bioethics?
MANY CONSUMERS
Muslim patients Concordance between medical care and Islamic regulations
Muslim healthcare providers Islam does influence medical practice - an “Islamic” ethos
Religious leaders To advice clinicians and patients regarding biomedicine
Healthcare inst i tut ions Culturally-sensitive care that improves quality
Policy and Community Stakeholders Advocate for a more culturally accommodating healthcare system
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Who are the producers of Islamic Bioethics?
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ANYBODY ELSE?
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Who is an Islamic Bioethics Expert?
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REPORTING ON ISLAMIC BIOETHICS IN THE MEDICAL LITERATURE: WHERE ARE THE EXPERTS?
SHANAWANI & KHALIL
Reviewed Pubmed from 1950-2005“Islam or Muslim” & “Bioethics” 146 papers
Content:Only 11 mention more than 1 ‘universal’ Islamic
position
5 mention concepts/sources of Islamic law Implication Writings lack depth and do not meet scholarly and practical needs
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64% never or rarely consult Islamic jurists
55% never or rarely read Islamic bioethics books
79% never or rarely look to Islamic medical fiqh academy verdicts
77% never or rarely seek guidance from Imams
National Survey of American Muslim physicians [n=255; IMANA]
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SocialScience
Medical Sciences
Philosophy &Bioethics
HealthPolicy
Ethics(Adab)
Moral Theology
(usul al fiqh)
IslamicLaw
(fiqh, hukm)
ClinicalPractice
AnIslamic
Bioethics
DiscursivePartners
Inputs
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CONSTRUCTING AN ‘”ISLAMIC BIOETHICS:
CRITICAL CONCEPTS FROM THEOLOGY & LAW
What is Islam? A tradition of practices
with meaning observed by a community
A meaning-making system (cultural system)
Teachings with sources
What makes something “Islamic”?
Tied to sources (Q&S)
Bounded within a shared understandings of a scholarly class (a discursive tradition)
TERMINOLOGY
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TERMINOLOGY
What is (Bio)ethics? - the “right/good/most appropriate” way to do something
what is the objective criterion?
ISLAMIC MORAL THEOLOGY: CORE CONCEPTS
Revelation (wahy) Matloo Qur’an
Ghayr matloo Sunnah
An “Islamic” “Bioethics” Revelatory guidance for human behavior relating to biomedicine
that accords with the “good”/”right”
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WHAT IS GOOD/RIGHT?
What is the end-goal of action?
What is right/good? What are the sources for assessment?
Labelling authority vs. Characteristic of action Theological voluntarism or Deistic Subjectivism
‘Ashari vs. Mu’tazali; Maturidi theology regarding intellect
Are God’s commands are purposeful? What is the purpose? (human benefit?)
