Patient’s Rights in Iran and Iraq
International Journal of Medical Toxicology and Forensic Medicine,
Vol. 11 No. 4 (2021),
17 November 2021
,
Page 34653
https://doi.org/10.32598/ijmtfm.v11i4.34653
Abstract
Background: The aim of this study was to compare, review, and evaluate the studies on patients right in Iran and Iraq.
Methods: This is a review study conducted by searching the Iranian and Iraqi databanks, such as Scientific Information Database (SID), Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology, Iran Medex, Iraqi Academic scientific journals, and Google Scholar for both Iranian and Iraqi articles from 2002 to 2017 using the keywords, such as “Patient Rights”, “Patient Rights Charter”, “Patient Rights Observance”, “Iraq”, “Iran”, and “Patient Awareness and Rights”.
Results: Of a total of 32 Iranian and Iraqi articles, only 25 articles met the aim of our study.
Conclusion: The growing number of articles published indicates that from 1999 forwards, this topic began to attract the attention of Iranian researchers in a gradual manner, as for the Iraqi researchers, their attention has been attracted from 2013 onwards. Also, despite the poor knowledge of physicians about the patients’ rights in Iran, they have shown acceptable awareness and attitude regarding some patients’ rights. The same is true for Iraqi doctors and health care providers, but they have shown unsatisfactory consequences for some of the rights of Iraqi patients. Patient education through media and careful observation of the patient rights charter, and educating healthcare professionals, and developing professional training on patients’ legal rights by engaging them in educational sessions and lectures on patient rights is necessary. Adequate monitoring of practice according to the patient charter is strongly suggested.
- Patient's rights
- Iran
- Iraq
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