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January 01, 2009
The deaths of patients during clinical trials conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), New Delhi, revealed under the Right to Information Act (RTI), made news in most leading newspapers in India.
October 01, 2008
This refers to the write-up "The minister of health, the director of AIIMS and Shah Rukh Khan" appearing in July-September issue of the journal. While freedom to articulate views is a basic tenet of a healthy democracy it does not give the authors a right to make unsubstantiated allegations again...
October 01, 2008
Dr Vishal Sharma has raised a single objection to our editorial, that the statement: "Dr Venugopal had incurred the displeasure of Dr Ramadoss because he had supported students who agitated against the reservation of seats for Other Backward Classes in AIIMS" is unsubstantiated. Dr Venugopal's su...
October 01, 2008
An excellent article by Sunil K Pandya on the use and misuse of stem cell therapy due to lack of legislation. China and Korea have relaxed laws on this. I was surprised to read on the Internet that more than 50 per cent of patients in China in hospital for stem cell therapy are from the United St...
October 01, 2008
The Mental Health Act 1987 applies to all psychiatric hospitals run by the state or central government as well as by private and voluntary sectors with facilities for outpatient treatment and registered with the appropriate licensing authority. Admission procedures for patients with psychiatric i...
October 01, 2008
I often read that doctors are not ready to go to rural areas, and many patients die because the medical officer is not available. Laws are being made to compel doctors to work in rural areas.
July 01, 2008
People who are unwell first turn to a doctor before they turn to God. Doctors are life saviours. Medical practice is believed to be the noblest profession in the world. A doctor's visit alone can make a patient feel better. Why, then, are doctors in India not the most popular? If you have visi...
April 01, 2008
Although ethical issues involved with social science research are so important, most of the research carried out in India has still not come under ethics review. The conference on national bioethics held from 6 to 8 December 2007 in Bangalore addressed a wide range of issues of ethical concerns i...
April 01, 2008
I write to congratulate the organisers for the wonderfully conducted National Bioethics Conference at Bangalore in December 2007. I was particularly impressed by the high level of participation from young people in India, apart from your overseas delegates, and the insightful presentation and dis...
January 01, 2008
Numerous comments have been made about ethical aspects of kidney transplantation practice in Iran, generally referred to the "Iran model of kidney transplantation programme". The compensated programme for using living unrelated donation (LURD) has fired strong opposition as well as support since ...