Aiming to provide quality healthcare, minus crippling expenditure, to all residents of the State, Rajasthan has become the first Indian state to enact a Right to Health Act. An editorial in this issue analyses various aspects of this Act as also the opposition of private sector doctors, who demanded its complete withdrawal.
With the increasing use of Artificial Intelligence in medical sciences, another editorial discusses the ethical consequences of an artificial author such as ChatGPT being included in citation databases.
A study seeks to demonstrate how the inclusion of a theoretical perspective produces better quality public health and epidemiological research. A comment discusses the need for regulations and ethical codes to protect athletes from abuse in sports, while another scrutinises the vaccine mandate judgment of the Supreme Court, asserting the importance of the right to privacy.
An author describes the painful dilemma of a person with gynaecomastia and its resolution, while a medical student — who has to balance clinical responsibilities, studies, and social life — reflects on life as a medical intern.
We mourn the loss of Dr Vasantha Muthuswamy, who was a good friend of IJME, a member of its editorial board, and a pioneering Indian bioethicist.
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Cover credit: Symmetry and balance by Uma Kulkarni