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October 01, 1999
Laparoscopic sterilisation has been made available in India since the 1970s. This procedure requires high skill on the part of the surgeon and can be performed as an outpatient procedure. In the absence of reliable spacing methods, it is believed that women find this method convenient as it takes...
October 01, 1999
Peush Sahni discusses the ethical issues raised by the first strike of faculty members of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences
January 01, 1999
At present there is no control on A pathology labs. There is need for an accreditation system which is managed by organisations of professional pathologists as is done in developed countries.
January 01, 1999
The theme of this conference was Bioethics in Asia: cultural or ideological boundaries? Some discussions that were especially relevant to India:
January 01, 1999
The Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes (CEHAT) held an international conference on the role of the health profession and health services in violence. One of the speakers highlights some of the issues:
October 01, 1998
Modern medical practice depends extensively on the use of drugs and it is the function of the drug industry to supply them. In a way, the two — the medical profession and the drug industry — may be considered partners in health care. However, they differ in their obj...
October 01, 1998
The Academia Eurasiana Neurochirurgica was founded in 1985 by Professors H.W. Pia (Giessen, Germany) and Keiji Sano (Japan) to foster exchanges between European and Asian neurosurgeons. This year, the theme was medical ethics.
April 01, 1998
On February 24, the Wall Street Journal published an intriguing item in its popular 'Work Week' feature. Titled "Doctors Unite", the article reported that the association of machinists of the AFL-CIO, one of the country's largest trade unions, had organised 800 of the 14,000 private prac...