Journal - International Society for the History of Islamic Medicine

ethics and medical law and to provide the international
scientific relations in the fields of medical ethics
and medical law. The society has 17 founder members.
Society’s Logo with serpent and scales has been
designed by painter Jale Yavuz.
Society has the international characteristics and
in order to achieve these objectives, it shall perform
the following activities:
a) To follow and encourage the scientific
research on medical ethics and medical law in
Turkey and in the world.
b) To help solving the problems of the medical
ethics and medical law in the health foundations,
to provide assistance to the official
authorities and educational institutions about
the subjects indicated in the aims section.
c) To help to provide postgraduate education in
the fields of medical ethics and medical law
with the aim of helping the people working in
the health branch to deal with the problems
they may face when they are providing health
services.
d) To perform the national and the international
scientific projects and researches in the fields
of medical ethics and medical law.
e) To provide the print of the international scientific
journal as the publication organ if a financial
source can be found.
f) To provide the possibilities in order to train the
researchers in the fields of medical ethics and
medical law and to support the scientific projects
of the researchers from abroad on Turkish
medical ethics and medical law.
g) To hold the national and the international congress,
symposium, panel and meetings in the
field of medical ethics and medical law.
h) To provide the scientific relations with foreign
societies, institutes and universities and to
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coordinate the international meetings in the
fields of medical ethics and medical law to
transfer scientific developments in this field in
foreign countries to Turkey and the related
developments in Turkey to other countries
when necessary.
i) To cooperate and coordinate the scientific relations
with other national and international similar
and relevant entities to invite guest
researchers in accordance with the 5 th article
and conditions of the Law for Associations and
in the order projected by the regulations.
1. SYMPOSIUM ON MEDICAL
ETHICS AND LAW (27 May 2005)
WITH INTERNATIONAL
PARTICIPATION
This symposium is the first activity of Society for
Medical Ethics and Law. The aim of this society is to
develope scientific researches, to support education
of medical ethics and law and to provide international
scientific relations in the field of the medical ethics
and law. Society for Medical Ethics and Law will
hold the symposium with the collaboration of Turkish
Society for History of Medicine and Istanbul
University, Medical School, Department of Medical
Ethics, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Department of
Medical Ethics, Uludag University, Medical School,
Department of Medical Ethics, Istanbul University,
Faculty of Law, Department of Penal Law and
Criminal Procedure Law in Istanbul. The aims of this
symposium are to enlighten all the colleagues on
medical ethics, medical law and patients’ rights.
Known colleagues from Germany, Switzerland,
Belgium and Croatia are to participate in this symposium.
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