Category: Research Articles
January 01, 2014
This is a review of the manner in which the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) is being implemented, with a focus on the attention being paid to ethical principles and the incorporation of these into the programme. The article elucidates how ethical principles can be applied ...
Giridhara R Babu, Sathyanarayana TN, Anant Bhan, J K Lakshmi, Megha Kishore
January 01, 2014
Studies have shown that the decision to participate or not participate in a clinical trial does not necessarily imply that the volunteers have completely understood the clinical trial process. A study carried out among medical and non-medical student volunteers revealed that even though the forme...
Ashwin Kamath, Rathnakar UP, Ashok Shenoy K
January 01, 2014
Literature on the quality and completeness of data and documentation in investigator-initiated research studies is scarce. We carried out a study to compare the quality of data and documentation in an investigator-initiated trial (IIT) with those in an industry-sponsored study. We retrospectively...
Soumil Patwardhan, Nithya Gogtay, Urmila Thatte, C S Pramesh
January 01, 2014
Education in ethics is now a formal part of the undergraduate medical curriculum. However, most courses are structured around principles and case studies more appropriate to western countries. The cultures and practices of countries like India differ from those of western countries. It is, ...
Anuradha Rose, Kuryan George, Arul Dhas T, Anna Benjamin Pulimood, Gagandeep Kang
January 01, 2014
The aim of this descriptive, cross-sectional study was to investigate the viewpoint of fertile Iranian women on gestational surrogacy. A convenience sample of 230 fertile women was invited to participate in the study and 185 consented. Data were collected via a 22-item scale that assessed t...
Azad Rahmani, Fuchsia Howard, Nilofar Sattarzadeh, Caleb Ferguson, Afsaneh Asgari, Hossein Ebrahimi
July 01, 2013
The ministry of health and family welfare published the national vaccination policy in April 2011. The policy document drew severe criticism from several public health experts. A review of the print and web-based literature on the national vaccine policy was done and the issues of ethics and equi...
Jayakrishnan T
July 01, 2013
Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) have ethical implications. These include assessment of the risk–benefit ratio and re-administering informed consent based on the new ADRs identified. The Indian Council of Medical Research ethical guidelines mandate the scrutiny of ADR; and the standard operating ...
S Ramalingam, T K Ponnuswamy, Y S Sivan
July 01, 2013
Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the awareness of the ‘ethical code of conduct for medical practitioners’ among medical undergraduate students. Setting: Tertiary care medical college and hospital. Materials and methods: This study covered 172 medical students in a private ...
Arun Babu T, Venkatesh C, Sharmila V
October 01, 2013
Despite the numerous policies, regulations and laws aimed at promoting and ensuring ethical practice in healthcare, ethical misconduct remains rampant. Perhaps something more is needed to encourage a genuine and sustained moral attitude and behaviour. To a casual reader, the regulations on ethics...
Sridevi Seetharam
October 01, 2013
The informed consent process is a shield which protects subjects from harms that may be caused by a scientific enquiry. Only a competent participant with a complete understanding of the trial can give informed consent. Although the content of a valid informed consent form (ICF) has been establ...
Thirtha Poovaiah, Shankar V Kundapura, Ravindra B Ghooi
