Since 2021, I’ve carried a flame, A public health vision — more than just a name. Not only data, not only a role, But healing that reaches heart and soul.
"Batting" — the informal practice of diverting or discharging patients to avoid clinical responsibility — is a pervasive yet inadequately examined feature of Indian medical training. This commentary examines batting as an ethical failure operating at individual, cu...
Janice Parente, Ethics on Trial: Protecting Humans in Canada’s Broken Research System. Dundurn Press, 2025. 240 pages. ISBN: 9781459755970 (paperback); 9781459755994 (ePub)
Background: The Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) curriculum was revised by the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine in 2021–22. The updated syllabus now provides for extensive theoretical knowledge and skill development in forensic med...
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.