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October 01, 2000
The objectives of this survey of 1,193 households in rural and urban areas of Nashik district, Maharashtra, were to study women's health problems and the health care they receive, and how these were influenced by factors such as age, marital status, caste, class and women's position in the househ...
April 01, 2000
The specifics of any given medical ethical dilemma are often influenced by much larger forces. For example, the doctor-patient relationship has become a commercial transaction because of growing privatisation. Medical costs can be determined by how much a person or institution 'needs' to recover ...
July 01, 1999
The controversy over regulations on animal experimentation in institutions under the control of the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research and the Indian Council for Medical Research indicates that the view that the practice is essential is widely held among scientists and intellectuals in...
October 01, 1999
A manual detailing measures to prevent the transmission of blood borne viruses in the health-care setting benefits health workers, patients and the general public. In the absence of such protective measures, the health worker is at risk of infection while performing various procedures, and the in...
October 01, 1999
Given the range of ethical issues that surround medical practice, the books under review are timely additions to existing literature on the subject. In today's context, some major debates centre around the ethical dimensions of compulsory testing for HIV and sexually transmitted diseases for some...
April 01, 1999
India has one of the most advanced pharmaceutical industries in the developing world, manufacturing almost everything related to modern medicines, the related machinery and other accessories. It has also the human resources needed to set up pharmaceutical plants from the intermediate and basic bu...
April 01, 1999
Ms. Nilekani turned from reporting for a periodical to the 'lonely business' of writing a book. Research into current trends for controlling fertility and studies with the tribals on BR Hills, near Bangalore, provided grist for her mill.
January 01, 1999
It is important for all of us — whether medical professionals, patients or other interested parties — to be aware of the intimate relation between medical innovations, the environment in which they develop, and their consequences, economic or otherwise. Without this recognition, it is easy to vie...
January 01, 1999
The editors have already written extensively on the demographic situation in Kerala. Zachariah earlier recommended "the undertaking of research projects on Kerala's demographic transition.. . (including) an in-depth analysis of the educational revolution in Kerala since 1950, and impact of this r...