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| 1. | Title | Title of document | Do we need notification of tuberculosis? A public health perspective |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Nilesh Gawde; Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Sion-Trombay Road, Deonar, Mumbai 400 088; IN |
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| 4. | Description | Abstract | Several instances of tuberculosis (TB) resistant to most drugs were reported in Mumbai in January 2012. Eventually, the Government of India declared TB to be a notifiable disease. This paper looks at the utility of notification and the ethical issues posed by it from a public health practice perspective. The paper argues that notification of TB in the absence of regulation of diagnostic practices, rational use of anti-TB medicines and availability of diagnostic and treatment facilities for drug-resistant TB will pose more ethical problems rather than provide solutions by way of adequate and rational treatment to patients. |
| 5. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Forum for Medical Ethics Society |
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| 7. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 2016-11-30 |
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| 9. | Format | File format | HTML , PDF |
| 10. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://ijme.in/articles/do-we-need-notification-of-tuberculosis-a-public-health-perspective/ |
| 11. | Source | Title; vol., no. (year) | Indian Journal of Medical Ethics;: The ethics movement in India |
| 12. | Language | English=en | en |
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