Reconsidering the ethics of off-label medication use: A response to Braillon and Naudet on baclofen use in alcohol use disorders in India [0.03%]
关于印度酒精使用障碍患者使用巴氯芬的伦理问题的再思考——回应Braillon和Naudet的观点
Dheeraj Kattula
Dheeraj Kattula
High diffusion of the use of baclofen in patients with alcohol use disorders (AUD) in India has raised concerns from Braillon and Naudet. They say the practice is based on poor evidence and ignores possible harms to patients. This article c...
Scientific advances facilitate formulation and practical implementation of climate-conscious clinical medical ethics [0.03%]
科技的进步促进气候意识临床医学伦理的形成与实践
Bor Luen Tang
Bor Luen Tang
Global climate change due to anthropogenic carbon emissions has created and deepened problems in medicine and public health, such as ecological upheavals and ambient heat-associated health detriments. The fields of biomedicine and biomedica...
The path of healing: What a cracked bucket can teach young surgeons [0.03%]
治愈之路——一个裂开的水桶能给年轻外科医生上的宝贵一课
Prabudh Goel
Prabudh Goel
This narrative explores the journey of young paediatric surgeons through the metaphor of a cracked bucket that inadvertently waters flowers along its path. The story illuminates how perceived imperfections and vulnerabilities in medical pra...
Pavitra Mohan,Dvr Seshadri,Evita Fernandez et al.
Pavitra Mohan et al.
We at Equitable Healthcare Access Consortium (EHAC), a consortium of healthcare organisations and individual practitioners committed to ethical and equitable healthcare in India, wish to express deep concern over the recent First Informatio...
Response to Calderon-Margalit et al: the asymmetry of empathy [0.03%]
对Calderon-Margalit等人的回应：共情的不对称性
Vidit Panchal
Vidit Panchal
This response to the critique of my reflection engages with concerns raised by professors at the Braun School of Public Health, HUJI. While acknowledging their disappointment, I reaffirm my central argument that Israeli academia, despite in...
Response to "Israeli academia during the genocide: supporting the state through words and silences" [0.03%]
对文章“以色列学术界在种族灭绝时期：用言语和沉默支持国家”的回应
Ronit Calderon-Margalit,A Mark Clarfield,Hagit Hochner et al.
Ronit Calderon-Margalit et al.
This is a response to Dr Panchal's opinion piece that accused us, teachers, directors and staff of the programme he participated in, of not discussing or protesting against the situation in Gaza during the academic year of 2023-24. We find ...
Florian Naudet,Alain Braillon
Florian Naudet
The "discussion" on our commentary about baclofen use in India perpetuates misconceptions. We want to: a) highlight the flood of overlapping and conflicting meta-analyses that obscure rather than clarify baclofen's effects; b) stress the im...
Olinda Timms,Sanjay A Pai
Olinda Timms
Medical education in India appears to be failing on multiple counts. Much has been written on this subject, including in this journal [1, 2]. Yet, little seems to have changed and in fact, disturbing new trends have arisen. An article in Th...
The intrinsic tension between articulating one's medical condition and explaining it: A commentary on An Unquiet Mind [0.03%]
关于《不安之心》的评论：阐述医学状况与解释其背后的内在张力
Sushma Shetty
Sushma Shetty
Kay Redfield Jamison, an author, clinical psychologist, and professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, grapples with bipolar disorder - shaping her professional focus. She dealt with manic-depressive disorder as a professor o...
Applying the non-maleficence principle to basic research in Alzheimer's disease [0.03%]
阿茨海默病基础研究中的不伤害原则应用
Bor Luen Tang
Bor Luen Tang
Despite the urgency for new leads towards Alzheimer's disease (AD) interventions, the impact of such basic research on patient welfare and potential socioeconomic repercussions are considered remote. Nonetheless, basic science research in A...