Gyanshankar Mishra,S V Ghorpade,Jasmin Mulani
Gyanshankar Mishra
A significantly strengthened Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) is currently operational in India. In this case-based commentary, we describe the plight of a patient who developed extensive drug-resistant tuberculosis (...
Rajinder Paul Jindal
Rajinder Paul Jindal
A vast majority of people believes that doctors are a negligent lot. This often implies that doctors are not courteous enough, are brusque to the point of being rude, are not available when needed, and prescribe unnecessary laboratory tests...
Promoting public health research in BRICS through a multinational public health prize fund [0.03%]
通过一个跨国公共卫生奖金池在金砖国家推动公共健康研究
Michael Campbell
Michael Campbell
This article proposes the establishment of a prize fund to incentivise public health research within the BRICS association, which comprises the five major emerging world economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. This would s...
Mpho Selemogo
Mpho Selemogo
In response to a strike action by some doctors at the Safdarjung Hospital, the Delhi Medical Council issued a statement, in December 2010, that it was "...of the view that under no circumstances doctors should resort to strike as the same p...
Bhawna Sirohi,Nivedita Sinha,Nishu Singh Goel et al.
Bhawna Sirohi et al.
The decision of the actress, Angelina Jolie (AJ), to undergo preventive risk-reducing bilateral mastectomy has elicited extreme responses, in support and against. We will discuss whether her decision was justified and if there are other opt...
Viewpoints of fertile women on gestational surrogacy in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran [0.03%]
伊朗东阿塞拜疆省育龄妇女如何看待妊娠代孕的观点研究
Azad Rahmani,Fuchsia Howard,Nilofar Sattarzadeh et al.
Azad Rahmani et al.
The aim of this descriptive, cross-sectional study was to investigate the viewpoint of fertile Iranian women on gestational surrogacy. A convenience sample of 230 fertile women was invited to participate in the study and 185 consented. Data...
Survey of ethical issues reported by Indian medical students: basis for design of a new curriculum [0.03%]
印度医学生伦理问题调查：设计新课程的基础
Anuradha Rose,Kuryan George,Arul Dhas T et al.
Anuradha Rose et al.
Education in ethics is now a formal part of the undergraduate medical curriculum. However, most courses are structured around principles and case studies more appropriate to western countries. The cultures and practices of countries like In...
Quality and completeness of data documentation in an investigator-initiated trial versus an industry-sponsored trial [0.03%]
申办方发起与研究者发起的临床试验的数据文档质量及完整性的比较研究
Soumil Patwardhan,Nithya Gogtay,Urmila Thatte et al.
Soumil Patwardhan et al.
Literature on the quality and completeness of data and documentation in investigator-initiated research studies is scarce. We carried out a study to compare the quality of data and documentation in an investigator-initiated trial (IIT) with...
Comparative Study
Indian journal of medical ethics. 2014 Jan-Mar;11(1):19-24. DOI:10.20529/IJME.2014.006 2014
Willingness to participate in a clinical trial and understanding of informed consent information among medical students [0.03%]
医学生参与临床试验的意愿及其对知情同意信息的理解
Ashwin Kamath,Rathnakar Up,Ashok Shenoy K
Ashwin Kamath
Studies have shown that the decision to participate or not participate in a clinical trial does not necessarily imply that the volunteers have completely understood the clinical trial process. A study carried out among medical and non-medic...
An appraisal of the tuberculosis programme in India using an ethics framework [0.03%]
印度伦理框架下的结核病项目评价研究
Giridhara R Babu,Sathyanarayana Tn,Anant Bhan et al.
Giridhara R Babu et al.
This is a review of the manner in which the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) is being implemented, with a focus on the attention being paid to ethical principles and the incorporation of these into the programme. The ...