A Dignified Farewell: An Islamic Perspective on End-of-Life Care | Dr. Ramy Salah
Channel: Muslim Community Center - MCC East Bay
Date: 2021-08-29

Dr. Ramy Salah gives spiritual insights about death and dying in the Islamic faith and speaks about an Islamic paradigm for making end-of-life care decisions. 

Dr. Ramy speaks during a virtual workshop about openly talking about death and grief. Watch that insightful session at https://youtu.be/LiK23Ulhq4M

This is a primer on end of life in Islam. For more detail, please watch this previous lecture by Dr. Rami: https://youtu.be/hSVVdlQ_ocI

Ramy Y. Salah, MD, was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. He completed his undergraduate studies at UC Berkeley, where he became more in touch with Islam and the community through the MSA. He finished medical school at UCLA and did his residency in Internal Medicine at UCLA as well. Dr. Ramy completed a one-year fellowship program at UCSF in Hospice and Palliative Care. He works for Sutter Health. His interests include Islamic bioethics, end-of-life care for Muslim patients, and he has an ongoing research project interviewing imams and Muslim chaplains around end-of-life care. You can reach Dr. Ramy at ramyysalah@gmail.com.

- More Islamic perspectives on end of life matters: http://mcceastbay.org/end-of-life
- Learn about the Initiative on Islam & Medicine: https://www.youtube.com/c/InitiativeonIslamMedicine/videos
- More MCC Friday Night Series: http://mcceastbay.org/friday-night
- Islamic burial services in the San Francisco Bay Area's East Bay: https://mcceastbay.org/funeral

This presentation was delivered at the Muslim Community Center - East Bay (MCC East Bay) in Pleasanton, California on August 22, 2021.

- For a talk about Islamic Estate Planning: https://youtu.be/pBxwEtVe2r8

- Learn about the Initiative on Islam & Medicine: https://www.youtube.com/c/InitiativeonIslamMedicine/videos

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