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April 01, 1997
The editorial Cross practice at the cross roads (Issues in Medical Ethics 1996; 4: 103-104) aptly represents the landmark judgement of the Supreme Court against non-allopathic doctors practising allopathic medicine and vice versa. It also clearly states that such practices violate, per s...
April 01, 1997
The issue of whether or no patients should be informed about placebos used in their treatment follows the moral belief of the physician that the patient must be told all about every measure used during his treatment. This, in turn, stems from the desire to be truthful and honest. In this context ...
January 01, 1997
I just noticed that you have an email address. So I take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks to you and the Editorial Board for sending me the journal of medical ethics.
January 01, 1997
We have learnt of an hospital ethics committee that has been set up in our institute. I place my thoughts on this subject in the hope of stimulating discussion on the subject.
January 01, 1997
Exhibiting your personal opinion without fear or favour is one of the most important principles in the review of medical ethics
January 01, 1997
One of the most striking features of medical care in India is the extreme inequality between what it offered to the rich and to the poor. The majority of patients living in villages do not have access to the most basic necessities such as immunisation.
January 01, 1997
On July 12, 1996, a police party headed by ASI Sikandar Singh of Police Post (PP) Jagdev Kalan visited the house of an old handicapped man Ajit Singh whose wife is totally confined to bed, in village Kotla Gujjran, Jhander. The old man was beaten up and taken away.
January 01, 1997
We, medicos, are known to be vain peacocks strutting around, spreading our qualifications and professional feathers. There was a time when a cardiologist in Mumbai sported degrees and honours totalling a record 65 alphabetical characters, topped by the then popular 'SEM'. In desperation, Bombay T...
January 01, 1997
Most companies, while recruiting employees, conduct x-ray tests as a regular protocol of health assessment of applicants. This is performed regardless of an identical recent x-ray examination of an individual and without checking previous records. A person changing jobs is thus exposed to frequen...
July 01, 1996
'What is the aim of philosophy? 'To teach the fly the way out of the fly-bottle' – Leonard Wittgenstein