Ethics education in biomedical research in India is frequently limited to regulatory compliance, with inadequate emphasis on ethical reasoning, contextual vulnerability, and deliberative review processes. As part of the Silver Jubilee of the Institutional Ethics Co...
The passage of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act 2026 has contributed to an escalating situation of serious public health concern, adversely affecting a significant section of the population of India.
We are a group of public health professionals engaged ...
Surgical futility in hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) oncology is often defined by clinical outcomes — mortality, major morbidity, or early recurrence — yet these metrics overlook the patient’s lived experience and goals. This commentary argues that futility must be re...
In the context of war and instability, developing a professional ethical culture among future doctors is particularly significant and requires innovative educational approaches. This commentary presents the unique features of the integrated medical ethics course “D...
Gardiner Harris. No More Tears, the Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson. Random House; April 2025. 444 pages, $32.00 (USD), ISBN: 978-0-593-22986-6.
On August 19, 2025, the Delhi High Court ordered the blocking of Sci-Hub, a landmark ruling affecting access to scientific knowledge. Founded by Alexandra Elbakyan, Sci-Hub provided free access to millions of pay-walled research articles. While publishers framed th...
Tanisha Fazal, Military Medicine and the Hidden Costs of War, Oxford University Press, 2024, 256 Pages, INR 2,626 (Hardback), ISBN: 9780190057473
Medical internship is intended to be a supervised period of clinical training, exposure to the hospital setting and learning efficient patient care. However, in many Indian teaching hospitals, interns increasingly function as a “catch-all” workforce, informally ass...