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Palliative Care and Islamic Ethics: Exploring Key issues and Best Practice
2018

Palliative Care and Islamic Ethics: Exploring Key issues and Best Practice

Mohammed Ghaly (editor) Randi R. Diamond Maha El-Akoum Azza Hassan

This report explores the best PC options when treating patients with an Islamic background and what are the dilemmas they face.

Executive Summary

PC is an integral part of healthcare, and many countries in the Arab world are increasingly offering this care. Experts predict a rise in the demand for PC. There are various reasons for this, including the increase of geriatric populations and prevalence of chronic and life-limiting diseases, which affect adults and children of all ages.

This study focuses on Islamic bioethical perspectives, although other perspectives are considered. As in the WISH 2016 report Genomics in the Gulf Region and Islamic Ethics,1 the structure of this study reflects a specific vision for how Islamic bioethics should engage with PC.

The report is divided into three sections covering:

  1. International perspectives, including a historical overview of PC’s development, global expansion and evolving scope
  2. PC practices in the Middle East, especially Qatar
  3. Islamic ethical perspectives on PC and Muslim patients.
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