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IJME COVER Jan-Mar 2026
In this first issue of 2026, we reaffirm the value of ethics in professional and personal practice. We start with…
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Evolution of post-trial access in India: An analysis of ethical…
Ethical and humanitarian considerations in allocating healthcare resources during infectious…
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Increasing medical colleges without quality training: a growing concern

India’s healthcare ambitions have led to a historic rise in the number of medical colleges and MBBS seats, expanding from 387 colleges in 2013–14 to over 808 in 2025–26, according to the Press Information Bureau [1]. While this expansion aims to correct the doctor-...

Data and privacy: Putting markets in (their) place

Should privacy be a tradeable right? This is an issue for urgent consideration, given how much personal data collated from different sources can reveal about our personal lives. The rise of digital technologies and of the digital economy on the one hand, and of dat...

Examining health rights through the lens of epistemic injustice

Anuj Kapilashrami, Neil Quinn, Abhijit Das, Advancing Health Rights and Tackling Inequalities: Interrogating Community Development and Participatory Praxis. Bristol University Press; May 2025. 240 pages, INR 3231, ISBN: 978-1447361404

Artificial intelligence in pre-hospital emergency medicine in Israel: Ethical and legal considerations

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming pre-hospital emergency medicine (PHEM). In Israel, systems already deployed at Magen David Adom and hospitals such as Sheba Medical Center, Ichilov Hospital, and Barzilai Medical Center demonstrate AI’s potential...

Where does “integration” end and “mixopathy” begin? Ayurvedic surgery and beyond…

The Andhra Pradesh Health Minister recently announced [1] that Ayurveda postgraduates trained in surgical studies would be allowed by the state government to practise 58 surgical procedures independently. But what exactly does the term “independently” refer to, and...

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