The World Health Organization (WHO) released a draft guidance on clinical ethics in May 2025. This document covers education and capacity building in clinical ethics, the setting up of clinical ethics services in institutions, and the development of policies to imp...
Emerging trends in the history of mental health globally emphasise the need to critically examine the history of mental health, and this applies to colonial India as well. However, despite the inseparable relationship between social hierarchies (such as race and ca...
Excess embryo generation in assisted reproductive technology (ART) cycles is a common practice due to the inherent uncertainties at various stages of the procedure. The remaining embryos, after the transfer of one or two, are cryopreserved. However, ethical, legal,...
Medicines provide therapeutic benefits but also cause harm due to inappropriate use and adverse drug reactions (ADRs). ADRs may cause serious health consequences, imposing a significant burden on healthcare systems. Ensuring patient safety by minimising risk requir...
Public health professionals and researchers in India with allied health and non-health backgrounds are routinely undercompensated and not treated on par with their counterparts from a medical background. In this article, we use the practice of discipline-based wage...
We are compelled to address a persistent and troubling issue in Indian medical publishing: the widespread favouritism in editorial decisions. Many Indian journals, rather than serving as impartial scientific platforms, frequently operate in ways that benefit their ...
Peter C Gotzsche. Is psychiatry a crime against humanity? Copenhagen: Institute for Scientific Freedom; 2024. 215 pages, ISBN: 978-87-85273-00-0.
Nilanjana Bhowmick, How Not To Be A Superwoman: A Handbook For Women To Survive The Patriarchy, Penguin Random House India, March 2024, 240 pp, Rs 399 (paperback) ISBN: 9780143464181
Joanna Moncrieff. Chemically Imbalanced: The Making and Unmaking of the Serotonin Myth. Flint Books; 2024. Pages: 336, INR 1545 (paperback). ISBN: 9780750999336
This personal narrative discusses challenges faced by MBBS graduates in Kerala’s public healthcare system. Based on observations as a government medical officer, this essay examines a culture where professional skills and humane values are often overshadowed by a s...