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October 01, 2011
Doctors are only human. On occasion, ethics takes the backseat, sometimes unintentionally, sometimes 'intentionally'.
October 01, 2011
There are various methods by which physicians can be influenced by pharmaceutical companies: through drug representatives, free lunches, industry-sponsored trips to exotic locations, gifts, research funds, free conference registration, consulting fees for participation as a guest speaker, financi...
July 01, 2011
The comment on the manner in which women are treated in healthcare facilities like others critiquing doctors' behaviour, comes from researchers in health management. Tragically, doctors don't seem to take notice of this problem. It may be that they are too busy curing the ill to notice the human,...
July 01, 2011
The article on the Indian Medical Association and the Clinical Establishment Act (CEA), 2010, was well written and showed the author's grasp of the state of affairs in the bureaucracy. The opposition to the CEA is largely because of private practitioners' fear of extortion in the hands of 'babus'...
July 01, 2011
This refers to a thought provoking article by Vijay Mahajan and a commentary by Arun Sheth.What both authors have stated is, unfortunately, true. Dr Sheth's comments reflect the hopelessness of the situation, as he does not suggest any remedial steps except "time-tested, age-old golden practices ...
April 01, 2011
Every doctor has been called upon, at some time, to provide emergency life saving treatment, especially in road accident cases. Unfortunately, doctors are often reluctant to attend to emergencies, harbouring apprehensions about having to visit police stations, being called to court repeatedly as ...
April 01, 2011
The shopping complexes or malls that are being set up all over this country are creating new occupational health hazards. Enter a mall in any city today and the sales persons will be standing, waiting to serve you. There is a belief that standing to serve is part of their job. We do not stop to t...
April 01, 2011
The IJME editorial in the January-March 2011 issue calls on the Indian Medical Association (IMA) to reform itself in order to be able to play a more proactive role in health activism in the country. As the largest body representing (allopathic) doctors in India, the IMA can use the leverage of nu...
April 01, 2011
We thank Dr Bhan for his letter in response to our paper 'Elephant in the room'. He has correctly noted that even what might be described as consensual acts of sexual boundary violations (SBVs) between doctors and their patients are not truly so due to the power differential in their relationship...
April 01, 2011
Susan M Reverby has unearthed a glaring example of unethical research, carried out by the United States Public Health Service and co-sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, the Pan American Health Sanitary Bureau and the Guatemalan government in 1946-48. In this study of the effectiveness...