The Role of Physicians in State-Sponsored Corporal Punishment: A View from Saudi Arabia
The question of whether there is justification for physicians to participate in state-sanctioned corporal punishment has prompted long and heated debates around the world. Several recent and high-profile sentences requiring physician assistance have brought the conversation to Saudi Arabia. Whether...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2016
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Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 2016, Volume: 25, Issue: 3, Pages: 479-492 |
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Saudi Arabian physicians
B Islamic Law B state-sanctioned corporal punishment B physician-assisted corporal punishment |
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| Summary: | The question of whether there is justification for physicians to participate in state-sanctioned corporal punishment has prompted long and heated debates around the world. Several recent and high-profile sentences requiring physician assistance have brought the conversation to Saudi Arabia. Whether a physician is asked to participate actively or to assess prisoners’ ability to withstand this form of punishment, can there be an ethical justification for medical training and skills being put toward these purposes? The aim of this article is to examine aspects of Islamic law along with the different professional and religious obligations of Saudi Arabian physicians, and how these elements may inform the debate. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-2147 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0963180116000128 |