Associate Professor, Medical Ethics and Law Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Medical law is a well-known field at the present time, which, due to its importance, position and development, needs to be recognized from the point of view of what it is and why it exists. In this article, with an emphasis on the philosophy of medical law, we will discuss the foundations and origins of this field and its metamorphosis and evolutions. Influenced by the domination of ethics over medical law and the ever-increasing philosophical and ethical challenges that have intensified along with the expansion of the medical field and new issues, the interwoven, complex and multifaceted relationships in the health system between service providers and recipients It claims to have formed medical law and placed it in a developing process. In the meantime, the foundations of medical law, on the one hand, include constructive forces such as nature, reason, justice, custom, religion, and expediency, which give the rules collective acceptance and binding power, and on the other hand, reasons and factors such as It includes the need to punish and prevent medical crimes and violations, protect the rights of patients, and explain the dos and don'ts in the field of medical practices, which justify the necessity of medical rights.
- Abassi, M. (2024). Philosophy of Medical Law; From the Basics and Origins to the Realm of Changes, Journal of Legal Philosophy Studies, 1(1), 23-50.