STRENGTHENING MEDICAL ETHICS BY STRATEGIC PLANNING IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

ABSTRACT To bring attention to medical ethics and to enhance the quality of health care in Iran, the Ministry of Health and Medical Education has introduced a strategic plan for medical ethics at a national level. This plan was developed through the organization and running of workshops in which exp...

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Published inDeveloping world bioethics Vol. 6; no. 2; pp. 106 - 110
Main Authors LARIJANI, BAGHER, MALEK-AFZALI, HOSSEIN, ZAHEDI, FARZANEH, MOTEVASELI, ELAHEH
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2006
Subjects
Advisory Committees
Bioethical Issues
Bioethics
Bioethics - education
Culture
Education
Education, Medical
Ethics, Medical
Ethics, Research
Goals
Health care
Humans
Interdisciplinary Communication
Iran
Islam
Medical ethics
Program Development
Strategic planning
Iran
Bioethics and Professional Ethics
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Summary:ABSTRACT To bring attention to medical ethics and to enhance the quality of health care in Iran, the Ministry of Health and Medical Education has introduced a strategic plan for medical ethics at a national level. This plan was developed through the organization and running of workshops in which experts addressed important areas related to medical ethics. They analysed strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats, and outlined a vision, a mission and specific goals and essential activities surrounding medical ethics. The current strategic plan has six main goals that will be reviewed in this paper. Some major activities that were carried out in recent years, and some future plans, will be also reviewed.
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ISSN:1471-8731
1471-8847
DOI:10.1111/j.1471-8847.2006.00145.x