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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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An expanded framework for understanding corruption in healthcare

Corruption in healthcare is ubiquitous across countries but differs in extent and nature based on the socio-political context and historical development of their health service systems. We review various approaches to defining and analysing corruption and examine t...

The causality, casualties, and cost of war — what we should know but don’t

Tanisha Fazal, Military Medicine and the Hidden Costs of War, Oxford University Press, 2024, 256 Pages, INR 2,626 (Hardback), ISBN: 9780190057473

Journeying with cancer: A trilogy
First there was one and then two, and before I knew, there were one too many, counting made little sense, morphing new with exuberance, new is not progress, not always, I found, how can I complain, when, birthed from my own. They too are mine.
The “catch-all” intern: An ethical issue in Indian teaching hospitals

Medical internship is intended to be a supervised period of clinical training, exposure to the hospital setting and learning efficient patient care. However, in many Indian teaching hospitals, interns increasingly function as a “catch-all” workforce, informally ass...

Genetic discrimination in India: Constitutional challenges and ethical implications

Background: This paper examines the emerging challenge of genetic discrimination (GD) in India, through constitutional, judicial, and ethical perspectives. GD is a critical issue driven by increasing accessibility to genetic testing and insufficient legal safeguard...

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