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October 01, 1998
We were taught medical ethics in the second year of medical school, as part of forensic medicine. Not more than three or four hours was spent on the issue in my years at medical school.
April 01, 1998
I read with interest the article on the 'second opinion'. Unfortunately I am at a disadvantage in that I am not aware of the questions presented to various doctors, on whose responses this article has been based. Even so, I would like to express my views on the subject.
April 01, 1998
Modern medical systems thrive on their mythopoiesis. The January 1998 issue of Issues in Medical Ethics has two articles on the unethicality of denying multi-drug treatment to HIV-positive and AIDS patients. This is a classical example of the truism that the pathway to iatrogenic hell is...
July 01, 1998
Newspaper reports on medical issues are usually lopsided. They often give the impression that they have been planted by doctors to advance personal interests, with the help of friendly media people. It is rare to read well-researched medical information in the public interest.
July 01, 1998
The article by Ronald Bayer on placebo-controlled clinical trials for HIV is a thoughtful and well-crafted analysis of the ethical issues prompted by those trials. However, the article contains an error that should be corrected. Bayer writes that the placebo-controlled studies of HIV transmission...
July 01, 1998
As an M.Sc. student in public health for developing countries at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, I am currently working on a dissertation which examines the management of tuberculosis in countries experiencing prolonged armed conflicts. The choice of topic is based on personal...
January 01, 1998
After the CPA has been made applicable to doctors there has been a lot of debate on the effectiveness of the functioning of medical and dental councils. In this regard, it would be interesting to know how the dental council has being functioning.
January 01, 1998
Dr. Nagral has raised a doubt on the legality of assessment of disablement as per the criteria given in this book. The Workmen's Compensation Act of 1923, in its section 4-1-C-(ii), has clearly explained that the disabilities not covered by Schedule I given in the Act are to be considered as per ...
January 01, 1998
In reference to your article on the ethical relationship between doctors, I would like to make some comments: Regarding the professional services physicians provide to each other, the fact is that when a doctor approaches a specialist for himself or his family, the specialist assumes he must trea...
April 01, 1998
Dr Sanjay Nagral has raised a pertinent point in his editorial on sponsored medical education. Sports and cultural events are most vulnerable to such sponsorship. Go-between entrepreneurs called 'event managers' organise such sponsorships as commercial ventures, managing beauty contest shows one ...