Kelly Lecture Explores Islamic Values that Influence Childcare

The Center for Healthcare Ethics will host Dr. Abdulaziz Sachedina, professor and the IIIT Chair in Islamic Studies at George Mason University, for its fall David F. Kelly Bioethics Lectures.

Sachedina will present Human Rights in the Context of Childcare in Muslim Bioethics on Thursday, Nov. 8, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in the Charles J. Dougherty Ballroom. A reception will follow.

During his lecture, Sachedina will address the question of human rights and dignity when providing care for minors. There are times when critical decisions about a child’s health must be made by both parents, but religious and cultural values in Islamic bioethics influence attitudes about a mother’s right to be consulted in the critical care of her offspring.

Sachedina studied in India, Iraq, Iran and Canada, where he obtained his doctorate from the University of Toronto. He has researched and written in the fields of Islamic law, ethics and theology for more than two decades. In the last 10 years, Sachedina has concentrated on social and political ethics, including interfaith and intrafaith relations, Islamic biomedical ethics, and Islam and human rights.

The David F. Kelly Bioethics Lectures draw nationally and internationally prominent scholars to speak at Duquesne each fall and spring semester on current and emerging topics in bioethics.

The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Glory Smith at 412.396.4504 or visit www.duq.edu/chce.