Health Sciences Law and Education
Shahriar Eslamitabar
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Background and Objective: This study builds on the benefits of national and international experiences and their evolution as a new academic discipline. The right to health is one of the aspects of human rights, the realization of which is essential for the realization of other human rights and is inextricably ...
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Background and Objective: This study builds on the benefits of national and international experiences and their evolution as a new academic discipline. The right to health is one of the aspects of human rights, the realization of which is essential for the realization of other human rights and is inextricably linked to the right to life. Given the complexity and development of the relationship between health and rights at the national and international levels, it is necessary to have an overview of this old branch of law, which is today a new academic discipline. Health rights can be examined from different perspectives: bioethics, public health rights, and health care rights. The first is related to ethics, and the second and third are legal approaches to the subject. The right of individuals to determine their own destiny and the right to health are the main issues in these legal approaches.Findings: This study was prepared by reviewing books, collections of articles, laws and regulations related to the legal system of policy-making, management, and supervision in the health system, Right to Health, Public Health Law, Healthcare Law, and Bioethics.Conclusion: The ultimate goal of health rights is to ensure access to all elements of the right to health, including the rights of individuals and populations, especially vulnerable populations. Their legal responsibility is generally at the center of attention in health rights. According to national and international laws, government institutions have a legal responsibility to provide health care, protect health and promote it. These matters include issues related to health care rights, including privacy and confidentiality, legal liability of health care professionals, fraud and financial abuse, as well as food and drug rights, environmental rights, mental health rights and the health rights of vulnerable populations.
Law and Forensic Medicine
Mohammad Reza Elahimanesh; Javad Alizadeh
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Background and Objective: Euthanasia is one of the most controversial issues in bioethics and an important topic in health law, which can be studied from its various ethical, legal, and jurisprudential dimensions. Since the teachings and sources of Islamic jurisprudence form the foundation of the legal ...
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Background and Objective: Euthanasia is one of the most controversial issues in bioethics and an important topic in health law, which can be studied from its various ethical, legal, and jurisprudential dimensions. Since the teachings and sources of Islamic jurisprudence form the foundation of the legal structure our country, strengthening the jurisprudential aspect can greatly help strengthen the legal and regulatory aspects of this issue. Methods: In this article, the views of some prominent Shiite jurists are expressed, and the interpretation and analysis of euthanasia rulings and laws are examined by reviewing verses, narrations, and international laws.Findings: In Iran, the legal vacuum regarding euthanasia is quite noticeable, and since Shiite jurisprudence forms the foundation of our country's legal structure, it is essential for respected jurists, lawyers, and legislators to engage in further discussion and exchange of views on this issue to pave the way for eliminating this legal vacuum and achieving explicit laws in this regard.Conclusion: The study of euthanasia from the perspective of its mandatory ruling (permissibility or non-permissibility) and its conditional ruling (right of retribution and blood money) is among the topics addressed in this article, which is accompanied by jurisprudential and philosophical justification and interpretation. In addition, the ruling of Article 206 of the Islamic Penal Code has also been carefully examined in this regard. Finally, while presenting the views of Shiite scholars on various aspects of euthanasia, a general conclusion is presented, which is hoped to be a step towards clarifying the issue and explaining jurisprudential rulings and laws, considering current conditions. Euthanasia should be further examined from legal, ethical, and jurisprudential perspectives, and attention should be paid to the human aspect, pain caused by the disease, the costs of patient care, and the right to human freedom, and decisions should be made based on these.
