[Historical highlights on legislation of medical conduct in Iraq]

This paper aims to enlighten the establishment of medical legislations and regulation of medical conduct in Iraq, starting from the Abbasid era around 7-8 century to the beginning of modern medical associations around the 20[th] century and focusing on the role of Iraqi doctors who pioneered the Arab experience in establishing medical association, that set the standards of practice which are applied and reputed in the Arab world until now