Bureaucratization of Iran's Health Structure during the Pahlavi I Era
Tārīkh-i pizishkī i.e., Medical History,
Vol. 14 No. 47 (1401),
23 July 2022
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Page 1-18
https://doi.org/10.22037/mhj.v14i47.35703
Abstract
Background and Aim: The process of changing the administrative, social and economic structure of Iran in the Pahlavi I era tended towards modernization. The health and medical structure of Iran underwent fundamental changes during this period. Institutions in charge of health were managed under the supervision of the General Directorate of Health and later the General Directorate of Health. Schools of dentistry, pharmacy, school of medicine and school of midwifery were managed under the supervision of the medical school. Hospitals and other medical centers continued to work under the supervision of the Health Department, and with the establishment of the Ministry of Health in 1320, the person in charge of public health was transferred from the General Department of Health to the Ministry of Health. These changes were aimed at modernizing Iran's medical structure.
Methods: This research, using the descriptive-analytical method and using library sources, seeks to find an answer about the bureaucratization of the medical structure of Iran during the Pahlavi I era period.
Ethical Considerations: This research was conducted solely by relying on library sources and archival documents, and the principles of trustworthiness and honesty of citing the used texts, originality of sources and avoiding bias in referring to texts or analyzes were observed.
Results: During the Pahlavi I era, structural reforms were carried out in political, administrative, economic and cultural fields and these reforms were more manifested in the field of consolidating and modernizing health and medical institutions in Iran. Renovation and consolidation of health institutions in Iran during the Pahlavi I era not only led to the improvement and increase of the efficiency of these institutions, but also continued to a higher trend and in the Pahlavi II era, this process continued and more institutions and organizations were established in this field.
Conclusion: It seems that by consolidating institutions such as (school of pharmacy, school of dentistry and school of midwifery) in an institution such as medical school and administration of hospitals under the supervision of the General Directorate of Health, the institutions in charge of health and medical sciences were organized.
Please cite this article as:
Ahmadi M, Aghamiri SS, Sadeghi S. Bureaucratization of Iran's Health Structure during the Pahlavi I Era. Tārīkh-i pizishkī, i.e., Medical History. 2022; 14(47): e19.
- Hygiene; Medical Schools; Bureaucratization; Ministry of Health
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