Are “Brain-Dead” Patients Real Cadavers?: “Brain Death” from the Viewpoint of Iranian Shiʿi fiqh and Culture in Iran
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Are “Brain-Dead” Patients Real Cadavers?: “Brain Death” from the Viewpoint of Iranian Shiʿi fiqh and Culture in Iran
Original language description
The chapter deals with the issue of the brain death. It shows the difference in perception of death in the terms of common sense (‘urf ‘āmm) and special / expert (‘urf khāṣṣ) judgment, which is particularly necessary in determining the status of patients with acute brain damage (either traumatic or non-traumatic). It addresses the basic dispute on whether the neurological criterion (brain activity) or the circulatory criterion (heart beating) is essential for determining human death. Furthermore, it will show which Iranian Shi‘i marāji‘ at-taqlīd support which of these two theories; it assesses their legal arguments for both theories and considers whether these arguments are based solely on the jurisprudential basis or involves philosophical reasoning as well. Differences between the states of acute brain damage will be defined, in particular the uncertainties about the precise determination of brain death (complete destruction of the brain structure, brain stem death, or neocortical death) and if these differences are included in Shi‘i fiqh considerations.The Iranian Parliament confirmed the Brain Death and Organ Transplantation Act in 2000 and implemented it in 2002. The discussion between supporters and opponents of this legalization will be presented, highlighting the main concerns and problems.The second part of the contribution focuses on brain death and organ transplantation culture in the city of Qom, Iran. It describes the examinations and tests used to determine brain death in Iran (in which the author participated in Sayyid Beheshti Hospital in Qom). It also shows the main problems that the Qom Brain Death and Transplantation Centre faces, especially the process of obtaining family consent to organ donation, the impact of marāji‘ on their decisions, the issue of inviolability of the dead body after donation, and more.
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50404 - Anthropology, ethnology
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Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
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Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Book/collection name
Organ Donation in Islam: The interplay of jurisprudence, ethics, and society
ISBN
978-1-66690-991-3
Number of pages of the result
25
Pages from-to
173-197
Number of pages of the book
434
Publisher name
Lexington Books
Place of publication
New York
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