Medical ethics in a multicultural country: differences in principles and practices among Muslims and Buddhists

Goh, Kian Liang and Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff and Che Ahmad, Aminudin and Mohd Yusof, Nazri and Ab. Rahman, Norhafiza (2015) Medical ethics in a multicultural country: differences in principles and practices among Muslims and Buddhists. In: 2nd International Conference on the Qur’an and Sunnah (ICQS2) 2015, 13th-14th Mar 2015, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Abstract

Religion plays an imperial role in the ever-changing healthcare system of Malaysia. The Malaysian, being a multi-racial society, has to adapt and accommodate various practices of religion from different cultural and religious backgrounds. It is this diversity that demands the understanding of the different ideology of faith a necessity to the healthcare giver such as doctors, nurses and the paramedics. This article aims to compare the principles and practices of the official religion of Malaysia, Islam, as compared to the mainstream religion of the Chinese race, which is Buddhism. The discussions focus mainly on the general beliefs and practices of these two religions, the approach towards health and disease and dealing with the issues of death and dying.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Slide Presentation)
Additional Information:	5929/42484
Uncontrolled Keywords:	medical ethics, medicine and religion, Islam, Buddhism, multicultural country
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics > BJ1188 Religious ethics B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc > BP1 Islam > BP173.65 Islam and religious liberty B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc > BP1 Islam > BP173.77 Islam and work B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc > BP1 Islam > BP174 The Practice of Islam > BP188 Islamic religious life H Social Sciences > HM Sociology > HM621 Culture R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Medicine > Department of Department of Orthopaedics, Traumatology & Rehabilitation Kulliyyah of Medicine > Department of Surgery Kulliyyah of Medicine Kulliyyah of Pharmacy
Depositing User:	DR MOHD ARIFF SHARIFUDIN
Date Deposited:	30 Mar 2015 15:46
Last Modified:	01 Apr 2021 09:31
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/42484

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