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The ethics of ‘batting’ in Indian medical training: Avoidance, moral injury, and structural violence

"Batting" — the informal practice of diverting or discharging patients to avoid clinical responsibility — is a pervasive yet inadequately examined feature of Indian medical training. This commentary examines batting as an ethical failure operating at individual, cu...

Who’s watching the watchers?

Janice Parente, Ethics on Trial: Protecting Humans in Canada’s Broken Research System. Dundurn Press, 2025. 240 pages. ISBN: 9781459755970 (paperback); 9781459755994 (ePub)

Navigating educational barriers: Bridging the gaps in forensic medicine and medical jurisprudence within Ayurveda studies in India

Background: The Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) curriculum was revised by the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine in 2021–22. The updated syllabus now provides for extensive theoretical knowledge and skill development in forensic med...

Responsible researchers and reviewers: Ethics of Good Clinical Practice silver jubilee workshop report

Ethics education in biomedical research in India is frequently limited to regulatory compliance, with inadequate emphasis on ethical reasoning, contextual vulnerability, and deliberative review processes. As part of the Silver Jubilee of the Institutional Ethics Co...

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