Islamic Codes in Medical Ethics

It is always necessary to have a minimum level of cultural knowledge for every one who wants to enjoy common rights of a society, and then all members of a society can be asked to obey lows and regulations. Medical ethics, as one of the most applicable branches of ethics, has always been interesting for ethicists. It has always been intertwined with medical principles and rules. And since promoting the effects of physician’s medical knowledge on patient’s health through psychological and moral principles is a research topic in medical ethics, practitioners of these principles, namely physicians, have always shown much interest in it. Medical ethics is a social science that provides solutions for ethical dilemmas arising from medical practice. The present paper is an attempt to relate these principles with Islamic general ethical principles and rules.