multiple sclerosis (ms) is the most common chronic autoimmune demyelinating disorder of the central nervous system (cns) which preferentially involves young women in early child bearing age. opposite to traditional view emphasized on discouraging female patients from enduring pregnancy, recent investigations showed that pregnancy-related physiological alterations, especially during the third tr...

non-authority of “alidjma almadraki” (idjma with known origins) is a topic frequently raised in the usulis’ contemporary literature. in this paper, the authority of “alidjma almadraki” has been studied through revisiting this idjma since the introduction of idjma in general by shia scholars up to the present. the results of this study show that based on all foundations raised to prove the autho...

health care is considered a universal human right greatly emphasized in social welfare development in most countries. in this regard, public health care with its pervasive effects on the general level of communities' health is a top priority drawing the attention of planners and decision-makers a like. unequal and inharmonious distribution of such services leads to unequal accessibility ca...

On the standard view we assess a person's competence by considering her relevant abilities without reference to the actual decision she is about to make. If she is deemed to satisfy certain threshold conditions of competence, it is still an open question whether her decision could ever be overruled on account of its harmful consequences for her ('hard paternalism'). In practice, however, one no...

access to stable development requires organized participation of all people, including women in all institutes. reduction of limitations and increase in legal authority of women are necessary to achieve the highest rate of participation. in this regard, a developmental approach demands a balanced increase in the legal knowledge, organizational authorities and civil demands of women particularly...

BACKGROUND The World Health Organization (WHO), like many other organisations around the world, has recognised the need to use more rigorous processes to ensure that health care recommendations are informed by the best available research evidence. This is the 10th of a series of 16 reviews that have been prepared as background for advice from the WHO Advisory Committee on Health Research to WHO...

Background Priority setting in publicly financed healthcare systems should be guided by ethical norms and other considerations viewed as socially valuable, and we find several different approaches for how such norms and considerations guide priorities in healthcare decision-making. Common to many of these approaches is that interventions are ranked in relation to each other, following the appli...