Author/Authors :
Yarmohammadi، Hassan نويسنده Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. , , Zargaran، Arman نويسنده Research Office for the History of Persian Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran , , Vatanpour، Azade نويسنده Department of Foreign Language and Linguistics, School of Literature and Humanity Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran , , Bahmani Kazerooni، Mohamad Hosein نويسنده Research Office for the History of Persian Medicine, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran , , Dalfardi، Behnam نويسنده Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran ,
Abstract :
Nowadays and throughout the history, medical rights and ethics were among the most
important subjects in relation with the field of medicine. Women’s medical rights including
issues about sickness, sex, abortion and so on are among main branches of medical
ethics. It should be stated that this matter was not investigated sufficiently about ancient
Persia (since the beginning of historical period to 638 AD) up to this time. Therefore
women’s medical rights were studied in this research using remained ancient Iranian
and non-Iranian manuscripts and also recent works conducted on this topic. Finally, the
results of our survey on women’s medical rights were presented, as follows:
1- Women’s situation in ancient Persian society and their beliefs about this
2- Medical laws about pregnancy and pregnant women
3- Sexual issues
4- Women’s sickness and their rights and laws related to this issue.
Although, some laws were strict and unacceptable as good ones, ancient Persian
society had notable laws about women and their rights compared with contemporaries.
