Manu Kothari,Lopa Mehta
Manu Kothari
"Ethic: from ethos, character, L ethos, adopted by English especially in sense of 'character and spirit of a people'. Intimately akin to Gr ethos, custom, Skt. sva-dha one's own doing or action; sva self (cf suicide) + dha to self." "Sva-dh...
Robert Spitzer and psychiatric classification: technical challenges and ethical dilemmas [0.03%]
罗伯特·斯皮策与精神病学分类：技术挑战和伦理困境
K S Jacob
K S Jacob
Dr Robert Leopold Spitzer (May 22, 1932-December 25, 2015), the architect of modern psychiatric diagnostic criteria and classification, died recently at the age of 83 in Seattle. Under his leadership, the American Psychiatric Association's ...
The Chennai floods of 2015: urgent need for ethical disaster management guidelines [0.03%]
伦理的灾难管理指南在2015年孟买的洪灾中亟待解决的问题
Suresh Mariaselvam,Vijayaprasad Gopichandran
Suresh Mariaselvam
India has suffered several natural disasters in recent years. The super cyclone of Orissa in 1999 and the tsunami on the southeastern coast in 2004, both led to major developments in disaster management abilities in the country. Almost a de...
Ethical dilemmas among dental professionals in Davangere city- a cross-sectional survey [0.03%]
印度达万格城牙科专业人员的伦理困境——一项横断面调查
S G Priyanka,Hitashi Singla,Denzy Lawrence et al.
S G Priyanka et al.
To determine the ethical problems faced by dental practitioners, a cross-sectional survey was conducted in Bapuji Dental College and Hospital, College of Dental Sciences and private dental clinics in the city of Davangere. A questionnaire w...
Rakhal Gaitonde,Vijayaprasad Gopichandran
Rakhal Gaitonde
The Chennai floods of 2015 were a calamity of unexpected proportions (1). The impact on the lives of the poor has been immense. Thousands needed to abandon their already precarious dwellings on the banks of the Adyar River, and other low-ly...
The functioning of the Medical Council of India analysed by the Parliamentary Standing Committee of Health and Family Welfare [0.03%]
印度医学理事会的作用——由卫生部及家庭福利部委院委员会分析报告
Sunil K Pandya
Sunil K Pandya
On March 8, 2016, the 92nd report on the functioning of the Medical Council of India (MCI) (1) was placed before both Houses of Parliament by Professor Ram Gopal Yadav, Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of Health and Family W...
Dominique E Martin
Dominique E Martin
In India, as in most countries where trade in human organs is legally prohibited, policies governing transplantation from living donors are designed to identify and exclude prospective donors who have a commercial interest in donation. The ...
Gaurav Aggarwal,Samiran Adhikary
Gaurav Aggarwal
End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is a condition better discussed than suffered. People suffering from ESRD are at a disadvantage not only financially, but also emotionally and in terms of the quality of their lives. The majority of their prod...
Somashekhar Nimbalkar,Ajay Phatak
Somashekhar Nimbalkar
We read with interest the editorial "Regressive trend: MCI's approach to assessment of medical teachers' performance". MCI is the holy cow of medical education, and we are yet to see a detailed critique of its various policies. India lags b...
Nut Koonrungsesomboon,Junjira Laothavorn,Vichai Chokevivat et al.
Nut Koonrungsesomboon et al.
The quality of informed consent forms (ICFs) remains an issue in clinical research. The lengthy and complicated ICFs currently being used lower research participants' ability to read and understand the information provided therein. In colla...