Abstract
Dutch research carried out on organ donation and Muslim com‐
munities showed different results relevant to this study. First of
all, they acknowledged that people’s (religious) belief systems in‐
form their views on organ donation (Zwart and Hoffer 1998;
Lex 2000). Further, both supporters and opponents of organ do‐
nation can be found among various religious and philosophical
traditions, and each individual will base his or her view on specific assumptions and arguments that are valid within his or her own tradition (Zwart and Hoffer 1998; Gillman 1999). Recent
reports, however, still show that there is uncertainty about the
question of how Islamic scholars and Muslims evaluate organ
donation in the context of European health care. One example is
the Dutch report Support for Organ Donation by the National Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (NIGZ),
which considers “uncertainty about the position of religion” to
be a stumbling block among immigrants, including those with a
Muslim background (van Thiel and Kramer 2009). Previous
studies have primarily and often exclusively focused on the ethical issues surrounding the donation of organs and not on receiving organs.
munities showed different results relevant to this study. First of
all, they acknowledged that people’s (religious) belief systems in‐
form their views on organ donation (Zwart and Hoffer 1998;
Lex 2000). Further, both supporters and opponents of organ do‐
nation can be found among various religious and philosophical
traditions, and each individual will base his or her view on specific assumptions and arguments that are valid within his or her own tradition (Zwart and Hoffer 1998; Gillman 1999). Recent
reports, however, still show that there is uncertainty about the
question of how Islamic scholars and Muslims evaluate organ
donation in the context of European health care. One example is
the Dutch report Support for Organ Donation by the National Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (NIGZ),
which considers “uncertainty about the position of religion” to
be a stumbling block among immigrants, including those with a
Muslim background (van Thiel and Kramer 2009). Previous
studies have primarily and often exclusively focused on the ethical issues surrounding the donation of organs and not on receiving organs.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Looking Beneath the Surface |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |