Physicians’ Interest Measurement towards Islamic Document for Medicine and Health Ethics in Jordanian Public Hospitals

Abstract

The current study examined one of the important aspects of health services provision in Jordan, namely the application of Islamic Document of Medicine and Public Health Ethics in Jordanian hospitals. The study aimed to measure physicians’ interest towards Islamic document application levels of medicine and public health ethics in Jordanian public hospitals. This study is an observational and analytical study, and represented the sampling unit patients in eight of the Jordanian government hospitals. The study collected data through the questionnaire.
Data were analyzed statistically by using Social Packaging Statistical System (SPSS, Ver. 15).

The results indicated that physicians are interested in applying Islamic document of medical and health ethics. The study suggested some recommendations, of which the most important is to educate and motivate employees to practice health ethics as stipulated in Islamic document of health ethics through their general behavior and the performance of their tasks.

Keywords: medical ethics; patient satisfaction, and Islamic document.