BIOETHICS IN PAKISTAN: Local Contexts, Local Cases

Author: Kulsoom Ghias, Murad M Khan, Kausar S Khan, Sameer Nizamuddin

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SKU:978-969-716-206-2

Bioethics is a branch of applied ethics pertinent to ethical issues that arise in the delivery of healthcare and conduct of biomedical research. The identification and resolution of these ethical issues is often governed by unique socio-cultural, economic and religious factors. This gives rise to the need for local and contextualized cases to better illustrate and understand ethical issues and dilemmas through a distinctive cultural, historical and geographical lens. Drawing on experiences from Pakistan, this book uses local cases to engage teachers, learners, practitioners, researchers, administrators and other involved in healthcare in Pakistan and beyond.

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Kulsoom Ghias, PhD, SHFEA, is an Associate Professor and currently chairs the Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences at AKU. She has experience in the development and delivery of bioethics curricula and serves on the institutional human subject research-related ethical review committee.

Kausar S Khan, MA in Philosophy (Karachi University) and MA in Philosophy (McMaster University, Canada). She was a PhD candidate in Religious Study at McMaster University. She has worked with the AKU Ethics Review Committee and as a member of the AKU Hospital Ethics Committee. She is a member of the AKU Bioethics Group and Karachi Bioethics Group.

Murad M Khan, MRCPsych, PhD, is a Professor Emeritus with the Department of Psychiatry and Brain and Mind Institute at AKU and Associate Faculty at the Centre of Bioethics and Culture (CBEC) in Karachi, Pakistan. He has a special interest in bioethics in general and organisational ethics in particular.

Sameer Nizamuddin is currently a graduate student of Educational Research at the University of Calgary specialising in Adult Learning. His research interests include human rights and trauma-informed education in the current global refugee crises. Earlier, he was the Coordinator for the Bioethics Group at AKU.