AMMAN — The
Jordan Medical Association (JMA) on Saturday formed the Medical Ethics Committee, to be chaired by senior
consultant in forensic medicine Mumen Hadidi, to serve as an advisory body on
ethical issues related to the profession and which require the opinion of
specialists from multiple specializations.
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"Previously, a committee named
‘National Committee for Medical Ethics’ was formed under the Higher Health Council,
but with the recent abolishment of the council, the JMA decided to reactivate
the functions of the ethical committee,” said Hadidi, stressing the urgent
necessity of forming the committee to ensure doctors’ commitment to medical
ethics, and to regulate medical negligence claims, particularly after the
recent enactment of the Medical and Health Liability Law No. 25 of 2018.
Hadidi said that ethical violations must
be reviewed and disallowed to prevent health complications. Unspecialized
consultations, lack of controls on certain practices, and procedures, not
respecting confidentiality were some of the common malpractices that he said
had stipulated the move, more worrisome of which is “the immoral failure to
provide
COVID-19 vaccine to prisoners.”
The committee includes the membership of a
number of prominent doctors in Jordan, selected on the basis of their competence,
professional reputation, and specialization including internal medicine,
hematology, stem cells, radiology, psychiatry, obstetrics, gynecology, and
pediatrics. In addition to the
physicians, the committee includes the membership of a professor in Islamic
jurisprudence.
Mohammad Rasoul Al-Tarawneh, JMA acting
president told
Jordan News that any health institution needs a committee
to look into issues on which a clear opinion has not been reached, and these
issues are primarily related to the professional ethics, behaviors, and practices.
He said the committee will look into
matters referred to it by the JMA to offer a scientific and legal opinion,”
giving examples of emerging cases related to embryos, abortion, organ
transplant, sex transfer, and other issues that require a decisive opinion.
Professionals seemed to support the
decision to form the committee. Dr. Ahmed Khasawneh, a dermatologist, said that
there has always been a need for a committee capable of providing scientific
and legal consultations, “bearing in mind, that despite the development of
medical sciences, there are always issues that need research and decisive stands,
in addition to being culturally sensitive.”
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