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The Influence of Religion on Public and Professional Ethics of Medical Students in Babol University of Medical Sciences
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Mahbubeh Khadem Abolfazli   , GholamReza Ataei * |
| Babol University of Medical Sciences |
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| ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Nowadays, the question of how the moral aspects of health can be put into the framework of patient-physician relationship has turned into a serious debate in the field of medicine and patients’ rights. This study was conducted to examine the effect of application the ethical codes of Quran and Hadith on the ethical aspects and behavior of medical students through sending emails. METHODS: In this interventional study, 75 medical students in Babol medical University were selected through non-randomized simple sampling method. The means of data collection were students' ethical conduct checklist and a questionnaire which were prepared by the researcher according to the ethical traits extracted from Quran and Hadith. Concepts extracted from Islamic resources were sent to the email addresses of medical students 3 times a week. Data were analyzed through dependent t-test using SPSS software version19. FINDINGS: The major findings of the study indicated the positive effects of Quran teaching on enhancing the application of the ethical codes of conduct and stabilizing the professional codes of ethics. CONCLUSION: Although improving professional ethical conduct requires long-term training programs, the findings of this study indicated that religious education can be effective in using the general codes of ethics |
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| Keywords: Religious teachings, Medical Ethics, Quran |
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Type of Study: Research |
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Received: 2012/12/3 | Accepted: 2013/02/14 | Published: 2013/03/17
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