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Article Type

Analytic Review

Authors

Pakjou A. ^{(1 )}
Izadi M. ^{(* )}
Masoudi Pour Sh. ^{(2 )}
Fazel M. ^{(2 )}

^{(* )} Health Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
^{(1 )} Medicine & Religious Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
^{(2 )} International Travel Medicine Center of Iran, Tehran, Iran

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Article History

Received: April 29, 2011
Accepted: June 7, 2011
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ABSTRACT

Aims International growth of militarism, has also accompanied the presence of Military Medicine (disaster). Ethical concerns require a comprehensive ethical protocol. The presence of military forces in other countries within unexpected events as the first response groups, in addition of a humanitarian act, can be the cause of growth in the national security of sponsor country. This study was performed with the aim of investigating ethics in travel medicine and international military medicine and analyzing its effect on the rate of relief-seekers’ satisfaction. A developmental study based on correlation method was performed and data was collected by correlation method. Using the electronic and published local and international references and utilizing Google search engine and scientific databases, "ethics" was investigated in travel medicine and international military medicine, and its effect on the rate of relief-seekers’ satisfaction was systematically analyzed.
Conclusion There was differentiation between international ethical codes in the international military medicine and travel medicine. Applying the travel medicine ethical codes had positive correlation with peace and world health development. Due to the active presence of Iran’s military medicine in the disasters of region, applying the standards of medical ethics at the international level can promote peace in the region.

Keywords: Ethics, Medical Ethics, Travel Medicine, International Committee of Military Medicine, World Health,