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January 01, 1996
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...
January 01, 1996
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.
January 01, 1996
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...
January 01, 1996
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...
January 01, 1996
There is an unwritten code of conduct for every profession and the medical profession is no exception The oath handed down by Hippocrates is well known. The Maharashtra Medical Council( MMC) is particular to see that every doctor follows the code of conduct and insists on doctors on following it.
January 01, 1996
All doctors qualified to practice modern medicine take the classical Hippocratic Oath before beginning their professional career. The idealistic values learned during the period of training get shaken up when the doctor steps out from a world of 'practice of medicine' to one of 'medical practice'.
January 01, 1996
Throughout history, human beings have been exposed to atrocities by each other. Unfortunately, health professionals have been involved in and have played a major role during several unethical processes e.g. medical experiments on victims during World War II. Even at the present time health profes...
October 01, 1995
One of my concerns after joining a cancer hospital was the manner of conveying the diagnosis to the patient with cancer. Most of us receive little formal training on this aspect of medicine during undergraduate and postgraduate training. All I can recall is telling the relatives of patients...
October 01, 1995
The thought of women having abortions in order to choose the sex of their future children fills many with revulsion. To think clearly about this issue, it is necessary to separate arguments about the ethics of sex determination (SD) from those pertaining to abortion. People who find abortio...
October 01, 1995
In a socio-cultural set-up which promotes son-preference and discrimination against daughters, sex-determination (SD) - both at pre-conception and ante-natal stage can have only one meaning i. e. female-extermination. Ruth Macklin's article 'The ethics of sex determination' (Medical Ethics ...