Developing "Code of Ethics for Medical Professionals, Medical Council of Islamic Republic of Iran".

Background: The medical profession has always been an inspiration for human societies throughout its diverse history. This position and historical authority in the field of ethics has had a different and higher status, in such a way that many of the norms of general ethics and professional ethics, especially principles, such as trust, confidentiality and respect for human dignity, have been developed by medical professionals. Developing guidelines of general and professional ethics is one of the inherent duties of the Medical Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRIMC) as a professional organization.

Fee Splitting among General Practitioners: A Cross-Sectional Study in Iran.

Background: Fee splitting is a process whereby a physician refers a patient to another physician or a healthcare facility and receives a portion of the charge in return. This survey was conducted to study general practitioners' (GPs) attitudes toward fee splitting as well as the prevalence, causes, and consequences of this process.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study on 223 general practitioners in 2013.

Informal Payments for Health Care in Iran: Results of a Qualitative Study.

Background: Informal payments to health care providers have been reported in many African, Asian and European countries. This study aimed to investigate different aspects of these payments that are also known as under-the-table payments in Iran.

Methods: This is an in-depth interview-based qualitative study conducted on 12 purposively chosen clinical specialists.

A comparison between conflict of interest in Western and Islamic literatures in the realm of medicine.

In Western literatures, "conflict" is a general term that refers to discord between two or more entities. In Islamic jurisprudence, however, in addition to the term "conflict" (Taāruz), there is another term which is called tazāhum. The two terms, however, have different definitions.