Karuna Rameshkumar,Chandrika Rao
Karuna Rameshkumar
Phlebotomy is one of the common invasive procedures carried out all round the globe. The practice of phlebotomy varies widely. In terms of the technique, the procedure may involve the use of a syringe or a vacutainer, and as for the technic...
Sharath Burugina Nagaraja,Ritesh G Menezes,Rony Zachariah et al.
Sharath Burugina Nagaraja et al.
There is increasing impetus, interest and opportunity for people working in public health programmes in India to carry out operational research (OR) around relevant programme issues and then publish that in peer-reviewed publications. These...
Arab doctors, evolving society and corruption: a medical student's perspective [0.03%]
阿拉伯医生，发展的社会和腐败：一个医学生的视角
Yassar Alamri
Yassar Alamri
Doctors, especially junior doctors, face immense pressure in their day-to-day work. As a result, the rates of depression and anxiety are particularly high in this demanding profession. The pressure, which is compounded by constantly being u...
Prasanna Saligram,Sunita Simon Kurpad,Thelma Narayan
Prasanna Saligram
The Fifth National Bioethics Conference (NBC) was co-hosted by St John's National Academy of Health Sciences (SJNAHS), Bangalore; Society for Community Health Research Awareness and Action (SOCHARA), Bangalore; and Forum for Medical Ethics ...
Sunil K Pandya
Sunil K Pandya
Expenditure on insurance, consultations, the multitude of tests ordered by the doctor, and very expensive drugs make the treatment of illness a great burden. Should the patient need admission to a hospital and, worse, an intensive care unit...
Listening to the voices of the general public in India on biomedical research--an exploratory study [0.03%]
倾听印度大众对生物医学研究的观点—探索性研究
Manjulika Vaz,Mario Vaz,K Srinivasan
Manjulika Vaz
Medical research, from clinical trials to novel research on stored samples, is growing rapidly in India. Ethical regulations largely reflect standard international guidelines and the norms of "good clinical practice". Through in-depth inter...
Amit Sengupta
Amit Sengupta
Ehsan Shamsi Gooshki,Neda Allahbedashti
Ehsan Shamsi Gooshki
Infertility is medically defined as one year of unprotected intercourse that does not result in pregnancy. Infertility is a noticeable medical problem in Iran, and about a quarter of Iranian couples experience primary infertility at some po...
Ruth Macklin
Ruth Macklin
The article by Sunita VS Bandewar in the January-March issue does an excellent job of describing the controversy over informed consent in the SUPPORT clinical trial. As one of the authors of the duelling articles Bandewar cites, I commend t...
Access to controlled medicines for palliative care in India: gains and challenges [0.03%]
印度善终关怀中控药使用情况：进展与挑战
Sunita Vs Bandewar
Sunita Vs Bandewar
It was in the early 1990s that an appeal was made, both in India and globally, for access to palliative care to be treated as a human rights issue. Over the past few years, India has witnessed robust advocacy efforts which push for the cons...