A Jurisprudential Analysis of Voluntary Anesthesia in Non-Necessary Cases

Document Type : Original Article

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1 3rd Level, Department of Medical Jurisprudence, Qom Seminary, Qom, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Anesthesia is a process in which a person is unaware of their body and the surrounding environment, and depending on its degree, may not respond to external stimuli. Throughout the history of medical science, anesthesia methods have also developed and various types of anesthesia are now used for various purposes (such as prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases, and pain reduction). One of the important jurisprudential issues in this regard, which has been neglected so far, is the voluntary use of anesthesia in non-essential situations. In this article, based on evidence such as jurisprudential rules, narrations, rational principles, and analogies to similar cases, the Sharia ruling on voluntary anesthesia in the mentioned cases is examined, and its permission - especially if it leads to intellectual benefits - is concluded. However, only in some cases (such as harmful situations, etc.), we have not considered it permissible due to secondary titles, but ultimately its primary ruling is permissible.

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Volume 30, Issue 0
July 2023
Pages 98-125

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  • Receive Date: 22 January 2023
  • Revise Date: 19 February 2023
  • Accept Date: 15 July 2023

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