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ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLES |
Abu Bakr Al-razi (rhazes) And Medical Ethics
Dr. Hüseyin KARAMANa
aİslâm Felsefesi AD, Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Rize İlahiyat Fakültesi, RİZE
Abu Bakr al-Razi (d. 925 A.D.), who had lived in 10th century, contributed to the science of physic in several aspects and in this field he had written many works. Al-Razi divided the science of physic into two divisions; one as ‘corporeal physic’ which is dealing with physical and physiological diseases and the other as ‘the spiritual physic’ dealing with the moral diseases, and he set up some strong relations between the body health and the spirit health. According to him, the troubles of the spirit can be understood and explained by the clear evident of the physiological symptoms in body just because of the fact that temperament of the body belongs to both the ethical rules of the spirit and the self.
One of Abu Bakr al-Razi’s most important opinion, which must be examined carefully, is his setting up the relationship between the physic and the ethics. Al-Razi, in order to set out his ideas dealing with the medical ethics, had written a special book, named Ahlaq al-Tabeeb. In the same time, he mentioned about the medical ethics in another book named Mihnat al-Tabeeb. In these books, he cited some rules that both physicians and the patient had to take into consideration. There are very important similarities between his ideas on that and those of Hippocrates and Calinus.Keywords: Abu Bakr al-Razi (Rhazes), ahlaq al-tabeeb, medical ethicsTurkiye Klinikleri J Med Ethics 2006, 14:9-15
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