Maqasid Al-Shariah and Biomedicine: Bridging Moral, Ethical, and Policy Discourses (Available soon as Open Access on: IIITBooks App, Google Play, Google Books, and Kindle) Written by a uniquely positioned scholar, this book addresses a notable gap in scholarship by exploring links between the maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah and contemporary healthcare. Discussions about maqāṣid have become prevalent within Muslim public, professional, academic, and policy circles, as they are seen as means to bridge the classical tradition with modern exigencies. Accordingly, this book critically engages with maqāṣid thought in relation to the concepts, goals, practices, and social structures of biomedicine, highlighting both the potential and limitations of current approaches. It aims to inspire an interdisciplinary dialogue, motivating scholars to refine maqāṣid theories, update implementation frameworks, and conduct applied research to address contemporary bioethical challenges. By addressing questions about the relevance of maqāṣid to health and societal well-being, and their potential to inform healthcare practices and policies, the book lays essential groundwork for scholarly engagement at the intersection of Islamic law and biomedicine. Aasim I. Padela is a bioethicist, community health researcher, and emergency medicine clinician. As a multidisciplinary academic scholar, Dr. Padela holds an MD from Weill Cornell Medical College, an MSc in Healthcare Research from the University of Michigan, a BS in Biomedical Engineering, and a BA in Classical Arabic from the University of Rochester. His formal training includes a residency in emergency medicine at the University of Rochester, a health services research fellowship at the University of Michigan, a medical ethics fellowship at the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago, and an Islamic theology & law fellowship at the Oxford Center for Islamic Studies.
Paperback : 979-8-89193-228-9 / Coming soon to Amazon Hardback : 979-8-89193-227-2 / Coming soon to Amazon eBook : 979-8-89193-229-6 / Open Access Size : 6x9 inches Pages : 228 Year of Publication: 2024