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April 01, 1997
Persons testing positive for infection by HIV or showing evidence of AIDS provoke revulsion and fear in medical doctors. These reactions stem from the general knowledge that the diagnosis of AIDS is akin to a death sentence and the belief that a positive HIV test is, inevitably, followed by the d...
April 01, 1997
These HIV/AIDS guidelines are changing as new evidence and experience evolves. While the ethical principles themselves are fairly static, the interpretation of these principles changes as new information adjusts the balance between often conflicting principles.
April 01, 1997
I am studying for my M. D. degree here in Pecs, Hungary. Currently I am in my fourth year of medical training and over the years I have learnt and seen a lot about the medical profession. Medicine is probably one of the most noble professions. Medical practitioners are considered amongst the most...
January 01, 1997
The Government of India and its people are concerned with the increase in population. One method proposed to control it is that of incentives and disincentives - incentives to those who subject themselves to sterilisation and disincentives to those who are not willing to undergo sterilisation. Su...
January 01, 1997
On May 8, 1980 the 33rd World Health Assembly formally declared that 'the world and all its people have won freedom from small pox'. In May, 1996 the 49th World Health Assembly adopted a resolution recommending that 'remaining stocks of variola virus, including all smalIpox viruses, viral genomic...
January 01, 1997
The sociologist's view of medicine as a practising profession and as a societal institution is eclectic and still not fully developed. The range of issues subjected to their inquiry depend on the social and cultural milieu of the community under consideration. Advances in bio-medical technology, ...
January 01, 1997
Medical science and technology have made great strides in recent years. The medical profession has today more power over life and death than it would have chosen to have. It has the power to prolong life where life seems to have lost its meaning and power to terminate life without suffering. Ther...
January 01, 1997
When a doctor does go wrong, he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge.'
January 01, 1997
An outrageous test was conducted on a student nurse who was seeking admission to the nursing course at King George Hospital, Vishakapatnam. In association with this, two gynaecologists, Dr Sasi Prabha and Dr Varalakshmiwere found guilty of conducting per vaginal test on the nursing student and ha...
January 01, 1997
One of the cardinal principles of medical practice' is 'primum non nocere'. This concept of 'first do no harm' applies to oneself as to one's patients or colleagues. Only a doctor who takes good care of his or her health can take good care of his or her patients. Yet, in India, safety an...