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Physician and PhD Student (Medical Ethics), Shiraz Medical University
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MA Islamic Teachings (Majoring in Islamic Ethics)
Abstract
Privacy is among significant general issues of ethics which has created lots of challenges in the field of professional ethics, particularly in the field of ethics in research. Scientific developments have exposed human beings and human subjects to different investigations and tests, while due to technical advancements, access, storage and retrieval of a great volume of data has become possible. Among the most important researches related to human subject one may mention medical clinical studies, genetic, psychological, social and modern theological studies and applied ethical investigations.
The present article is an attempt to study the concept of privacy within the studies related to human subject and the problem of privacy in the process of research. Islamic teachings. Under normal circumstances, the people’s right to protection of their privacy should not contradict research, for basically it is understood that the data or the sample taken from the people is not used against them. But when these data or samples are used in the studies which are out of control of the people, it may infringe upon their privacy which can be compensated through getting the conscious consent of the concerned person or through protective policies of the research institute. However, the most important factor in protection of privacy is the piety and virtue of the researcher.
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