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Pakistan and Biomedical Ethics: Report from a Muslim Country

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 June 2005

FARHAT MOAZAM  and
AAMIR M. JAFAREY
FARHAT MOAZAM
Affiliation:
The Center of Biomedical Ethics and Culture at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation in Karachi, Pakistan, and Institute of Practical Ethics and Public Life at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville
AAMIR M. JAFAREY
Affiliation:
The Center of Biomedical Ethics and Culture at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation in Karachi, Pakistan; the Pakistan Bioethics Program at Aga Khan University; and the Program on Ethical Issues in International Health Research, Department of Population and International Health, Harvard School of Public Health in Boston
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The Islamic Republic of Pakistan has a population of more than 145 million people, about 95% of whom are Muslims (approximately 20% Shi'i and the rest Sunni). Although it has a few large cities such as Karachi, almost 65% of the country is still rural, with a per capita income of $408 per year. The overall literacy rate is estimated to be 41.5% but is much lower for women in many of the provinces. Pakistan has a complex culture with many ethnic groups and socioeconomic strata, but overall the society is characterized by hierarchical systems in both private and public domains. The population is religious and family centered with the “family” understood as extending beyond the nuclear; it is not uncommon to have three generations residing under one roof or within close proximity to each other and pooling their resources.

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SPECIAL SECTION: INTERNATIONAL VOICES
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Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , July 2005 , pp. 249 - 255
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© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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