Zahedi Farzaneh, Larijani Bagher
Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Centre, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
Bull World Health Organ. 2008 Aug;86(8):630-4. doi: 10.2471/blt.08.050724.
Rapid advances in biomedical science and technology, which have revolutionized medicine and health-care services in different societies, have been associated with inevitable ethical challenges. Undoubtedly, these innovations could lead to irreversible disasters if they are not limited by appropriate regulations. Substantial attempts have been made in the Islamic Republic of Iran to establish a structured approach for identifying, analysing and resolving ethical issues in clinical practice. Given the consensus of religious and scientific scholars, some laws recently approved by the parliament include the Deceased and Brain-Dead Patients Organ Transplantation Act (2000), Embryo Donation to Infertile Spouses Act (2003) and the Therapeutic Abortion Act (2005). National guidelines for ethical assessment and supervision of research proposals have also been compiled by the authorities. This paper reviews the main endeavours made in bioethics legislation in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
生物医学科学技术的飞速发展给不同社会的医学和医疗服务带来了变革，同时也带来了不可避免的伦理挑战。毫无疑问，如果这些创新不受适当法规的限制，可能会导致不可逆转的灾难。伊朗伊斯兰共和国已做出大量努力，以建立一种结构化方法来识别、分析和解决临床实践中的伦理问题。鉴于宗教和科学学者的共识，议会最近批准的一些法律包括《已故和脑死亡患者器官移植法》（2000年）、《向不孕夫妇捐赠胚胎法》（2003年）和《治疗性堕胎法》（2005年）。当局还编制了研究提案伦理评估和监督的国家指南。本文回顾了伊朗伊斯兰共和国在生物伦理立法方面所做的主要努力。
