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July 01, 2002
I enjoyed reading the articles on changing trends in general practice. I was disappointed that no one bothered to discuss the important role patients can play in improving the ethical standards of medical practice.
July 01, 2002
Dr Bawaskar, in his two pieces in the last two issues of the journal, has briefly shared with us his principled, ethical conduct in his clinical professional work. I am writing this to say that he is not alone. There is a small but significant section of doctors who have been keeping away from th...
July 01, 2002
We in Montreal are very touched by the editorial in the journal. Keep up the good work.
July 01, 2002
n Dr BC Rao's essay on general practice, the sentence: 'A well-informed patient will demand treatment after being informed
July 01, 2002
Below is a copy of a letter sent to Dr K A Dinshaw, director of the Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai. It is reproduced with the permission of the author, who brought it to our notice.
July 01, 2002
We reproduce, below, a letter written to Justice JS Varma Chair, National Human Rights Commission New Delhi. The letter in its extracted form is in the print edition of the same issue.
July 01, 2002
As a million soldiers face each other across the volatile line of control and the border between India and Pakistan, the arguments have shifted from no use of nuclear weapons to their potential use in the event of conventional war, to the current state of actual deployment...a nuclear first strik...
April 01, 2002
I want to appeal to all of you to take up the issue of denial / apathy by Gujarat state machinery to provide medical help / care to riot victims.
April 01, 2002
I enclose an advertisement which appeared in the Thane Plus edition of The Times of India, August 19, 2001. It gives details of a prominent psychiatrist's schedule, his services and hospital address where he can be contacted.
April 01, 2002
urge you to include the pertinent bio data of authors who are published in IME. It is important to know the author's background, training or experience before one can interpret her/his article or opinion piece in the journal. Such information would allow the reader to put the piece in pe...