Healthcare Law
Bahram Mofid; Mehdi Dostdary; Abbas Karimi Mojarad
Abstract
Background and Objective: Industrial living conditions, the increase in the elderly population, and the occurrence of chronic and incurable diseases have led patients to use complementary and alternative medicine drugs and methods, including biofield-based or aura-based methods. These methods do not ...
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Background and Objective: Industrial living conditions, the increase in the elderly population, and the occurrence of chronic and incurable diseases have led patients to use complementary and alternative medicine drugs and methods, including biofield-based or aura-based methods. These methods do not have the risks and side effects of chemical drugs and the high cost of common modern medical treatments. In order to be used optimally, this ancient medicine requires legal control and supervision to prevent financial exploitation and fraud, as well as negligence of therapists.Methods: Regulatory methods and laws for complementary and alternative medicine in the world were reviewed, and the best regulatory methods and laws for complementary medicine in Iran were presented. Findings: The sanctions imposed are purely economic and based on putting pressure on governments, but what has actually happened is the violation of human rights principles in the countries under sanctions. The severity of these anti-human rights effects is closely related, especially to the continuation of the sanctions, as well as to the economic strength of the target country.Conclusion: Iran is not the first country to be sanctioned; therefore, the adverse consequences of sanctions on the people of this country were foreseeable by the Security Council and the countries that imposed the sanctions. In the future, before imposing any economic sanctions, the international community should take effective measures to protect the human rights of the people of the target country and use every political and legal means to prevent violations of these rights by other countries or international organizations. What is certain is that sanctions are implemented to prevent countries from violating laws. Of course, some sanctions are implemented under false pretenses and to create dependence and submission of governments. But certainly, every sanction requires laws so that human rights, and especially the health of the society under sanctions, are not violated. Therefore, international organizations in this field must act independently in this regard, and government institutions must take appropriate measures to implement laws protecting human rights and remove sanctions from this issue.
