The Islamic Approach to Modern Forensic and Legal Medicine Issues

Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2016 Jun;37(2):127-31. doi: 10.1097/PAF.0000000000000234.

Abstract

This article is a review, from a Saudi Arabian perspective, of selected historical Arabic books and recent medicolegal journal articles on 4 current controversial issues: medical ethics, forensic autopsies, end-of-life decisions, and genetic profiling. This article demonstrates the flexibility of the Islamic medical jurisprudence to accommodate medicolegal issues.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Autopsy
  • Brain Death
  • DNA Fingerprinting
  • Ethics, Medical
  • Humans
  • Islam*
  • Paternity
  • Religion and Medicine*
  • Resuscitation Orders
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Withholding Treatment