Survey study, 2025
What are the ethical principles around treating patients who refuse PMS treatment?
Islamic principles suggest doctors should try to dissuade patients from refusing treatment, but cannot force treatment if a patient refuses based on personal choice.
What they did
Narrative review that examined Islamic jurisprudential rules and medical ethics principles related to PMS treatment and refusal of treatment.
What they found
Four Islamic principles were examined: the harmful rule, rule of domination, autonomy rule, and no hardship rule. If a patient refuses treatment citing self-control, the doctor is not allowed to treat them. Islamic principles state that people cannot harm themselves, but forcing treatment is not compulsory.
What it means for you
This review outlines ethical frameworks for doctors treating PMS patients. It is a review of ethical principles rather than original research, so it does not provide clinical evidence about PMS treatment itself.
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jurisprudential rules examined
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empirical findings not provided
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original data not collected
About the study
- Original title
- Controversial Jurisprudential-Medical Issues of Treatment and Refusal of Treatment in Patients with Premenstrual Syndrome, a Narrative Review Running: Jurisprudential-Medical Issues of Refusal of Treatment in PMS
- Authors
- Fatemeh Ghodrati, Tahere Eslaminia
- Journal
- International Journal of Social Science Research and Review
- Year
- 2025
- Study design
- Survey study
- What was tested
- None - ethical and medical principles review
- Open access
- Yes
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.47814/ijssrr.v8i7.2722