The objective of this study was to compare the quality of maternity care in 2 types of government-run hospital in the town of Khorram Abad, Islamic Republic of Iran in 2009: a university-linked teaching and a social security organization non-teaching hospital. A sample of 264 women hospitalized in the delivery and postpartum wards was selected. Data collection was done using interviews with mot...

the pharmaceutical knowledge and the medical science are very old in iran. during sassanid era, people who studied medicine or pharmacy at gondi-shapour university, had permission to treat sick people. after interruption in the progress of medicine and pharmacy, during the islamic civilization, these sciences were spread and became under control of the government. this research has presented th...

since 1984 iranian banks has been operating under islamic principles. this paper investigates dynamics of loans and the difficulties that iranian banking system was facing. during the period of islamic banking in iran, banks experienced a significant increase in the supply of loans. many factors have affected the behavior of banks in lending operations, the most important of which include rate ...

This report describes the steps in the development of an accreditation system for medical universities in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The national accreditation project, supported by the government, was performed from 2001 to 2005. The project was carried out in 3 main phases, each phase including a number of tasks. After a review of the international literature on accreditation and through n...

1 M.Sc student, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. 2 Department of Chemistry, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran 3 Ph.D Student, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran 4 Ph.D Student, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. 5 Department of Chemistry, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran,...

The goal of this article is the analysis of Ahmadinejad government's foreign policy according to the critical theory of international relations. Whether it seems foreign policy of Mahmood Ahmadinejad, government is different from his before and after governments. Perhaps it could be provided more detailed and objective analysis from foreign policy of Islamic Republic of Iran during Ahmadinejad ...

This paper explores some of the issues that arise in the regulation of Islamic capital market products and services. As many of the products are distributed to retail clients by Islamic banks and through the Islamic windows of conventional banks, it is also pertinent to deal with the regulation of these institutions, not least because of the distinctive liability and asset structures of Islamic...

this paper examines the dimensions of accountability that the executive must fulfil in the islamic republic of iran and the role of accounting in meeting accountability obligations as they are at present. accountability continues to be interpreted, almost exclusively, in terms of the fiduciary stewardship of resources appropriated by parliament. public sector resource accounting information sys...