Biomedical Ethics in Iran: An Application of Islamic Bioethics

Alireza Bagheri, MD. PhD (editor)  Eubios Ethics Institute 2014.

Dr. Bagheri, has compiled sixteen chapters by authors across Iran that provide a much needed view into bioethics in Iran.  Bioethics has an important role to defend academic freedom, and support academics, medical service providers, patients and citizens in all communities. This work follows ground breaking publications on bioethics in Japan since 1992, Bioethics in Asia since 1997, and Bioethics in India in 1998.  Biomedical Ethics in Iran will be significant for the interchange of ideas around the world. 

Chapter List:

1. Bioethics in Iran: Development, Issues, and Challenges - Alireza Bagheri

2. The Coherence of Medical Ethics and Islamic Jurisprudence - Mohsen Javadi

3.   Medical Ethics Education in Iran - Bagher Larijani and Farzaneh Zahedi

4. Personhood: An Islamic Perspective - Seyed Ziaeddin Tabei. Leila Afshar. Saeid Nazari Tavakkoli

5. Revisiting Brain Death in an Islamic Context - Seyyed Mahmoud Tabatabaei

6.  Legal Protection for Biomedical Ethics in Iran - Mahmoud Abbasi and Ehsan Shamsi

7. Abortion: Ethical and Legal Considerations in Iran - Seyed Mohammad Akrami , Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard

8. Environmental Ethics in Iran - Mohammad Reza Parvin

9. Fighting Health Inequalities in Tehran Metropolitan: Responding to Social Determinant of Health - Mohammad Reza Vaez Mahdavi and Mohsen Asadi-Lari

10. Research Ethics and Research Ethics Committees in Iran - Kazem Zendehdel,  Nazila Nikravanfard, Mahnoosh Khosravi and Mostafa Ghanei

11. The Legitimacy and Legality of Assisted Reproductive Technology in Iran - Mohammad.T. Karoubi, Zohreh Behjati Ardakani, Alireza Milanifar,  Mahmood Jeddi - Tehrani, and Mehdi A. Akhondi

12. Biosafety and Bioethical Issues in Modern Agricultural Biotechnology in Iran - Gholamreza Salehi Jouzani and Hassan Rahnama

13. Ethics in Medical Genetics in Iran - Dariush D. Farhud and Marjan Zarif Yeganeh

14. Nursing Ethics in Iran - Soodabeh Joolaee and Fatemeh Hajibabaee

15. Malpractice in Iran: An Ethical and Legal Reflection - Mehrzad  Kiani

16.  Animal Rights in Iran: Ethical and Religious Consideration - Mansooreh Madani and Nazafrin Ghasemzadeh

Iran: Historical, Socio-cultural and Ethico-legal Context -  Sareh Bagherichimeh

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