Clarifying the Interdisciplinary Aspect of the Historiographical Studies of the Iraq War with Iran Health and Treatment, with the Approach of Criticizing the Four-volume Collection of Defense Health Bibliography

Document Type : Original Article

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Department of Wisdom-Traditional Medicine, and Medicine in the Era of Islam and Iran Civilization, The Academy of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Background and Aim: In 2032, the Defense Research Center in Tehran published a book collection in four volumes titled "Bibliography of Defense Health". This collection of thematic bibliography contains Persian articles, English articles, books, and theses related to the health and treatment of the Iraq war with Iran. In this article, a brief review of this collection has been done, and at the same time, the theory has been stated that a research in the field of health and treatment of Iraq war with Iran is an interdisciplinary approach.
Methods: In addition to the criticism that has been made on the four-volume collection of the bibliography of defense health, we have tried to show, using the historical analysis approach, that the research in the field of health and treatment of the Iraq war with Iran should be seen from the perspective of history, because many sources related to this historical period are now, they have lost their qualification as a medical source and can only be examined based on the historical approach. Using the fields of theorizing, terminological knowledge and the like are solutions that eventually pave the way to reach the analytical history of health and medical treatment of the Iraq war with Iran.
Results: The proposal to compile a glossary of health and treatment of the Iraq war with Iran, the subject headings of health and treatment of the Iraq war with Iran and the expansion of the necessary library category (for the establishment of a specialized library of health and treatment of the Iraq war with Iran) are among the findings of this research. Terms such as defense health and military medicine are among the terms that have been introduced as the main terminological studies in this field.
Conclusion: Finally, the Bibliography of Defense Health is known as an important and worthy work in the field of compilation of sources of historical analysis of health and treatment of Iraq war with Iran. In addition to suggestions for improving the level of the book and guidelines for improving its scientific aspects, the preparation and editing of its second edition is also strongly suggested.

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