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COMMENTARY: Archives, mental health systems, and the history of mental health in colonial South India: Critical questions

Emerging trends in the history of mental health globally emphasise the need to critically examine the history of mental health, and this applies to colonial India as well. However, despite the inseparable relationship between social hierarchies (such as race and ca...

The plight of orphaned or abandoned embryos

Excess embryo generation in assisted reproductive technology (ART) cycles is a common practice due to the inherent uncertainties at various stages of the procedure. The remaining embryos, after the transfer of one or two, are cryopreserved. However, ethical, legal,...

Steering medicines towards patient safety: Challenges and possible solutions

Medicines provide therapeutic benefits but also cause harm due to inappropriate use and adverse drug reactions (ADRs). ADRs may cause serious health consequences, imposing a significant burden on healthcare systems. Ensuring patient safety by minimising risk requir...

Unjust discipline-based wage differentials in public health in India: a call to action

Public health professionals and researchers in India with allied health and non-health backgrounds are routinely undercompensated and not treated on par with their counterparts from a medical background. In this article, we use the practice of discipline-based wage...

Editorial bias, nepotism, and the “club culture” in Indian medical journals

We are compelled to address a persistent and troubling issue in Indian medical publishing: the widespread favouritism in editorial decisions. Many Indian journals, rather than serving as impartial scientific platforms, frequently operate in ways that benefit their ...

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