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Review
. 2018 Jun;57(3):951-959.
doi: 10.1007/s10943-017-0472-3.

Review of Ordering Don't Resuscitate in Iranian Dying Patients

Mohammad Ali Cheraghi  1 , Fatemeh Bahramnezhad  2 , Neda Mehrdad  1   3
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Review

Review of Ordering Don't Resuscitate in Iranian Dying Patients

Mohammad Ali Cheraghi et al. J Relig Health. 2018 Jun.

Abstract

Making decision on not to resuscitate is a confusing, conflicting and complex issue and depends on each country's culture and customs. Therefore, each country needs to take action in accordance with its cultural, ethical, religious and legal contexts to develop guidelines in this regard. Since the majority of Iran's people are Muslims, and in Islam, the human life is considered sacred, based on the values of the community, an Iranian Islamic agenda needs to be developed not taking measures about resuscitation of dying patients. It is necessary to develop an Iranian Islamic guidelines package in order to don't resuscitate in dying patients.

Keywords: Don’t resuscitate; Dying patient; Informed consent; Iran; Islam; Medical ethics.

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