The aim of this research was to investigate and present the views of women in Denmark on the human genome analysis. Its basic argument was that women's views should be separately sought as it should not be presumed that the moral basis of ethical decisions, the applications, and the implications ...

Medical ethics examines not only violations of individual integrity in clinical practice but also the sanction that available policies and legislation grant to questionable medical practices. The ethical issues in psychiatry are to be examined in the context of the liaisons between the practices ...

Indians, especially those from the middle class, fondly hope to see their children trained as doctors. As a result there is a great demand for 'medical courses'. Four systems of medicine — allopathy, ayurveda, unani and homeopathy — have been officially recognised. There is no restriction on the ...

One of the most controversial issues in the recent past has been the question of legalising the right to a dignified death, or euthanasia (a good death). Like the question of capital punishment or suicide, euthanasia is controversial since it involves the deliberate taking of human life.

The euthanasia theme keeps coming back for public approval like a recurring decimal. Dr. Kannamma Raman has accurately put forward the pros and cons in the above essay. She has made a fair case of the positions taken by each side. However, when each side has a stand that is unable to accept the f...

The phenomenal advances in medical science and technology have not been without a significant impact on society. They have brought into relief issues which are altering the pattern of human living and societal values. Pari passu with these changes is the upsurge of affirmation of human rights, au...

Immortality is neither possible nor necessary. Death and dying are inevitable accompaniments of life. Dying, a natural process for many, becomes a nightmare for some.

Everyone wants injections. Health workers want to give them. Yet injections are not risk-free. Unless clean, sterile needles and syringes are used, viruses such as those causing hepatitis and AIDS; parasites and bacteria can be transmitted from one person to another. The muscle into which the inj...

It has been said that there have been more advances in medicine in the last fifty years than in all the previous millenia. There is no doubt that phenomenal changes have occurred in all branches of science and medicine since World War II. Many specialities in medicine developed after World War II...