dear editor clinical environments encounter is an important part of studying medicine (1). patient contact as an integral part of medical education occurs in various formats in the clinical settings (2, 3). during clinical training, medical students may experience high levels of stress, and some may not deal with it well. the abruptness of students’ transition to the clinical setting generated ...

in recent years, the cloning technology has remarkably developed iran, but unfortunately, the required legal framework has not been created to support and protect such developments yet. this legal gap may lead to abuse of scientific researches to obtain illegal benefits and to undermine the intellectual property rights of scientists and researchers. thus to prevent such consequences, the attemp...

the purpose of this paper was to survey the quantity of information ethics. it sought to answer the question whether or not this information exists in quranic verses. in this paper, the entire quran was identified and analyzed with regard to information ethics from the perspective of quranic scholars, experts and librarians. after various phases of coding and categorization, the quranic themes ...

reviewing zoroastrian teachings and his religious beliefs reveals a chance to represent a type of ethical discourse in the majesty of kingdom. the starting point of such an ethical discourse can be traced back in theological beliefs and ethical wisdom of this first iranian theologian, so as in zoroastrian theological teachings a set of obligatory principles is provided to relatively organize po...

the  main purpose of the present study­ is to compile pre- marriage  counseling content according to ethical and spiritual factors and skills predicting a successful marriage. the statistical population included all the couples  who referred to tabriz health centers in the year 2010, from among whom 40 couples were chosen by using systematic sampling. semi-structured interview was used to colle...

the extraordinary revolution in biotechnology has created new possibilities for curing disease and manipulating our genetic heritage. it is easy to see how biotechnology can be used for medicinal purposes. knowledge of the genetic makeup of our species, the genetic basis of heritable diseases, and the invention of technology to manipulate and fix mutant genes provides methods to treat the disea...

The purpose of this article is to consider how ethical principles can inform the effective design and implementation of technology-based interventions that aim to promote the well-being of socially isolated older adults. We evaluated a new iPad application with small groups of older adults. In this article, we reflect on the ethical issues encountered at each stage of the research process. Draw...