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title: What are the ethical principles around treating patients who refuse PMS treatment?
description: Islamic principles suggest doctors should try to dissuade patients from refusing treatment, but cannot force treatment if a patient refuses based on personal
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/controversial-jurisprudential-medical-issues-of-treatment-and-refusal-of-2025/
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# What are the ethical principles around treating patients who refuse PMS treatment?

Islamic principles suggest doctors should try to dissuade patients from refusing treatment, but cannot force treatment if a patient refuses based on personal choice.

 Early or limited evidence

Not applicable - narrative review of ethical and medical principles

## What they did

Narrative review that examined Islamic jurisprudential rules and medical ethics principles related to PMS treatment and refusal of treatment.

## What they found

Four Islamic principles were examined: the harmful rule, rule of domination, autonomy rule, and no hardship rule. If a patient refuses treatment citing self-control, the doctor is not allowed to treat them. Islamic principles state that people cannot harm themselves, but forcing treatment is not compulsory.

## What it means for you

This review outlines ethical frameworks for doctors treating PMS patients. It is a review of ethical principles rather than original research, so it does not provide clinical evidence about PMS treatment itself.

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jurisprudential rules examined

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empirical findings not provided

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original data not collected

## About the study

Original title Controversial Jurisprudential-Medical Issues of Treatment and Refusal of Treatment in Patients with Premenstrual Syndrome, a Narrative Review Running: Jurisprudential-Medical Issues of Refusal of Treatment in PMS Authors Fatemeh Ghodrati, Tahere Eslaminia Journal International Journal of Social Science Research and Review Year 2025 Study design Survey study What was tested None - ethical and medical principles review Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.47814/ijssrr.v8i7.2722](https://doi.org/10.47814/ijssrr.v8i7.2722)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)

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