The Viewpoint of Islam in the Relationship between the Physician and the Patient

In Islamic culture, the referral of a patient to a physician is obligatory for medical treatment, and the refusal of the physician of treatment has a warranty, in addition to Forbidden. On the way of treatment, from examination to treatment, the physician has close interaction with the patient, which requires that the principles of ethics, jurisprudence and law be properly observed. By examining genuine Islamic texts, we have three principles of Pietism, Bailment, and Telling the Truth that are the basis of many of the physicianpatient interactions. Piety, the highest ethical virtue in the Holy Qur'an, and the first recommendation of Imam Ali (A.S) to doctors. Professional piety is also not achieved without individual vigilance, and a medicine that does not control one's own soul will be hurt for him.Professional piety requires that the physician be required to recognize and adhere to the lawful and divine prohibitions on how to treat and communicate with patients. The body and secret of the patient are trusted to the doctor, and the physician knows that any failure in diagnosis or treatment is a betrayal of the patient. Expression of the truth to the patient or his fellows is a doctor's duty, as the right to issue a certificate is of great importance, because today the doctor's certificate is the criterion for the judgment of the courts or various civil and social institutions.