Doctor-patient relationship.Islamic perspective

Doctor-patient relationship.Islamic perspective

Chamsi-Pasha, Hassan
Albar, Mohammed Ali

2016/02/00

English

20160200

The doctor-patient relationship is an intricate concept in which patients voluntarily approach a doctor and become part of a contract by which they tend to abide by doctor's instructions. Over recent decades, this relationship has changed dramatically due to privatization and commercialization of the health sector. A review of the relevant literature in the database of MEDLINE published in English between 1966 and August 2015 was performed with the following keywords: doctor-patient relationship, physician-patient relationship, ethics, and Islam. The Muslim doctor should be familiar with the Islamic teachings on the daily issues faced in his/her practice and the relationship with his/her patients.

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8.1;1.2

Islamic ethics--[pri];physician patient relationship--[pri]

autonomy;communication;confidentiality;empathy;informed consent;modesty;patient satisfaction;professional family relationship;trust;truth disclosure

adab

Saudi Medical Journal2016 February; 37(2):121-126

Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported

citation

41 refs

03795284 (print)