In 1994, to celebrate the 900th anniversary of the oldest Arabic medical manuscript in its collection, the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine mounted an exhibit entitled “Islamic Culture and the Medical Arts.” Showcasing the library’s rich holdings in this area, the exhibit was very well received -so much so that...Read More
The general purpose of this study is to examine and discuss the philosophical basis of the Islamic and Western secular viewpoints as presented on bioethical issues. My goal is to demonstrate the importance of considering ethical values when dealing with medical practice. This work, therefore, studies the broad outlines of Islamic legal philosophy by comparing...Read More
Building upon the World Health Organization’s recent publication WHO Strategy for Traditional Medicine (WHO 2002), this paper examines the historical position of “traditional medicines” at their intersection with the development and modernization of a biomedically based health care system in Turkey. This paper considers how the historical development of Turkey’s health care system, as a...Read More
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