Al-dustur al-Islami li al-mihnah al-tibbiyah

Abstract

This publication, usually known as the Declaration of Kuwait (wathíqat al-Kuwayt)is the Islamic code of medical ethics drafted and adopted in the first International conference on ?Islamic Medicine? held by the International Organization for Islamic Medicine in Kuwait during the period 12-16 January 1981. The code consists of twelve chapters: definition of the medical profession, characteristics of the physician, physician physician relationship, physician patient relationship confidentiality, the ethics of the physician during wars, the sanctity of human life, the accountability of the physician, the physician and society, the physician and modern medical research, medical education and finally the oath of the physician.