abstract background: ethics was discussed for many years in medical ethics through rules, theories, hypothesis and religious. there are some organs in iran that working on ethics. department of medical science is one of them that has his own instructions on ethics. this study aims to review some of the challengeable issues in medicine. conclusion: department of ethics in iranian academy of medi...

introduction: with the advent of new technology and creating virtual training centers, e-learning and training have achieved a specific place in training centers. this article has been studied the feasibility of distance learning via internet for librarians working in central libraries of the ministry of health and medical education in tehran, iran. methods: in this descriptive survey data from...

In 1810 when this School was established the average expectation of life of a child born in that year was 34 years. A child born today can look forward to a life span of somewhat more than 70 years. Thus the expectation of life of Americans has doubled during the 150 years of the existence of this School of Medicine. Only 50 years ago the death rate from all causes was twice as great as it is t...

241 The preliminary survey of protozoology, including chapters on ecology, mnorphology, physiology, reproduction, and variation and heredity in Protozoa, is still inadequate, but it serves to suggest the wealth of data and the extensive literature now available concerning these simplest but far from simple animals. The author undoubtedly will wish to revise certain statements before reprinting....

There is a fairly closed circle between culture, language, meaning, and truth such that the world of a given culture is a world understood in terms of the meanings produced in that culture. Medicine is, in fact, a subculture of a powerful type and has its own language and understanding of the range of illnesses that affect human beings. So how does medicine get at the truth of people and their ...