Shari`ah, Brain Death, and Organ Transplantation

Introduction In the early 1980s, comprehensive developments in the public health system as well as markedly improved possibilities for organ transplantation due to the introduction of immune suppressants,2 namely, the artificial prevention of organ rejection, led to a sudden expansion of transpl...

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Autor principal:	Johannes Grundmann
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Publicado:	International Institute of Islamic Thought 2005
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f92ac628e49046388388d0e1bd15f51f2021-12-02T19:23:17ZShari`ah, Brain Death, and Organ Transplantation10.35632/ajis.v22i4.4592690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/f92ac628e49046388388d0e1bd15f51f2005-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/459https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 Introduction In the early 1980s, comprehensive developments in the public health system as well as markedly improved possibilities for organ transplantation due to the introduction of immune suppressants,2 namely, the artificial prevention of organ rejection, led to a sudden expansion of transplantation medicine in the Near and Middle East. Long-term artificial respiration, along with improved and expanded intensive care units, enabled respiration and circulation to be maintained despite the partial or complete loss of brain function. This, in turn, secured the necessary blood supply to the organs until they could be removed. Against this backdrop, a comprehensive process of discussion on the factual connections between postmortem organ transplantation and the criterion for determining brain death developed. Johannes GrundmannInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 22, Iss 4 (2005)
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description	Introduction In the early 1980s, comprehensive developments in the public health system as well as markedly improved possibilities for organ transplantation due to the introduction of immune suppressants,2 namely, the artificial prevention of organ rejection, led to a sudden expansion of transplantation medicine in the Near and Middle East. Long-term artificial respiration, along with improved and expanded intensive care units, enabled respiration and circulation to be maintained despite the partial or complete loss of brain function. This, in turn, secured the necessary blood supply to the organs until they could be removed. Against this backdrop, a comprehensive process of discussion on the factual connections between postmortem organ transplantation and the criterion for determining brain death developed.
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title	Shari`ah, Brain Death, and Organ Transplantation
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Shari`ah, Brain Death, and Organ Transplantation

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