Al-Azri Nasser Hammad
Emergency Department, Ibri Hospital, Ministry of Health, Oman.
J Med Educ Curric Dev. 2020 Dec 28;7:2382120520928386. doi: 10.1177/2382120520928386. eCollection 2020 Jan-Dec.
Law and medicine share an interest in the human body in terms of justice, well-being, and the preservation of physical integrity. Despite the long-lasting relationship between medicine and law, the tension between the two disciplines remains an unresolved issue; each requires the other, and almost all societies require them both. Therefore, there is a need to bring these two disciplines closer to render them more beneficial for society. This article addresses the need to introduce a medical law curriculum in medical schools, specifically in the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. This article first illustrates the relationship between law and medicine by defining the discipline of medical law. Thereafter, it makes a case for including a medical law curriculum in medical school and health care education programs in GCC countries, illustrating the benefits of doing so for society, individuals, and the development of the disciplines themselves. Subsequently, this article proposes an outline for a spiral and integrated medical law curriculum based on the needs and values of GCC countries. This outline is centered around the basic and advanced core topics and encourages engagement with law-medicine activities that further bridge the conceptual gap between medicine and law. This article reasserts the need to bring medicine and law closer together for the benefit of society and the development of the disciplines. One crucial way of doing so is providing formal and structured legal education for medical students.
法律与医学在正义、福祉以及维护身体完整性方面都关注人体。尽管医学与法律之间的关系由来已久，但这两个学科之间的紧张关系仍是一个未解决的问题；二者相互需要，几乎所有社会都对它们有需求。因此，有必要拉近这两个学科的距离，使其对社会更有益。本文探讨了在医学院校，特别是在阿拉伯海湾合作委员会（GCC）国家引入医事法课程的必要性。本文首先通过定义医事法学科来阐述法律与医学之间的关系。此后，论证了在GCC国家的医学院校和医疗保健教育项目中纳入医事法课程的理由，说明了这样做对社会、个人以及学科自身发展的益处。随后，本文根据GCC国家的需求和价值观，提出了一个螺旋式综合医事法课程的大纲。这个大纲围绕基础和高级核心主题展开，并鼓励参与医事法活动，以进一步弥合医学与法律之间的概念差距。本文重申了为了社会利益和学科发展而拉近医学与法律距离的必要性。这样做的一个关键途径是为医学生提供正规且结构化的法律教育。
