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July 01, 1997
I am receiving your journal regularly and go through it with interest. I particularly appreciated the article on medical practitioners abetting politicians...
July 01, 1997
The journal appears good and most of the cartoons are wonderful. Keep it up. Recently the Tamil Nadu government enacted a legislation to regulate the the mushrooming private hospitals and clinics which are run at substandard levels by any standard, and basic ethics are thrown to the wind. Now the...
July 01, 1997
Your editing of the special issue of Humanscape was very nice! It will definitely help to carry the message of medical ethics to a wider section - an enlightened one - of our society.
July 01, 1997
Abusive modem medical practice
Creates scares about allergies,
osteoporosis,
Cancer, high cholesterol and diabetes.
Creates scares about allergies,
osteoporosis,
Cancer, high cholesterol and diabetes.
July 01, 1997
I reproduce beiow two examples of medical advice prescribed by a surgeon through the columns of a newspaper without having obtained a detailed history, examined the patient and arrived at a scientific diagnosis. Both items are from the column entitled 'Bodywatch' by Dr. Vithal Kamat published in ...
July 01, 1997
Medical ethics merits continued debate throughant the lifetimes of doctors, patients and their relatives. Sometimes this results in acrimony, throwing more heat than light on the subject. As of today, ethics are practised more in their breach than in their observance. Just as it is with sincerity...
July 01, 1997
Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research has announced its schedule of meetings.
April 01, 1997
A recent article lamented the growth of private coaching classes and medical tuitions. The world has changed considerably since the years of our fathers and grandfathers. Old paradigms and situations no longer necessarily work or hold true. In this context, the concept of medical tuitions needs t...
April 01, 1997
The section 'From other journals' in the January-March 1997 issue (Issues in Medical Ethics Vol. 5, No. 1) contained a reference to the introduction of the humanities into medical education. Specifically, the item mentioned the use of poetry on medical rounds with residents, as described...
April 01, 1997
Arthralgia in a villager,
Who believes in private health care,
Pledges belongings
Under family pressure and own
enthusiasm.
Who believes in private health care,
Pledges belongings
Under family pressure and own
enthusiasm.