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ACTIVITIES REPORT
Joint meeting with the Forum for Public
Governance on the doctor-patient relationship, Nehru Centre, Mumbai, June 22,
2003
The speakers from the Forum for Medical Ethics Society (FMES)
at this meeting included Sanjay Nagral and Sunil
Pandya.
Gender and medical education, Thiruvanantha-puram,
July 24-25, 2003
A two-day workshop was held at the Achutha Menon
Centre of the Sri Chitra Tirunal Institute at Thiruvananthapuram to discuss
papers that critically reviewed medical textbooks on various disciplines from
the gender perspective. Sanjay Nagral presented a paper that critically reviewed
surgical textbooks.
Workshop on health care ethics at the
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, August 9-10, 2003
The
Forum for Medical Ethics Society organised a two-day workshop for students of
health and hospital administration. The issues discussed included dual loyalty,
medicolegal aspects of health care provision, ethical issues in organ
transplantation, the constitution and functioning of ethics committees, ethical
issues in drug promotion and ethical issues facing the public health system.
This was followed by group sessions to discuss case studies. The speakers
included Amar Jesani, Sanjay Nagral, Monica Sakhrani, Nobhojit Roy, Sunil
Pandya, Neha Madhiwalla and Sandhya Srinivasan.
Second
symposium and workshop on ethical issues in health research in developing
countries, organised by the Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan, August
14-18, 2003
Amar Jesani made two presentations in the symposium, one
on research in developing countries: who sets priorities and how, and the other
on ethics in social science research in developing countries. The journal Issues
in Medical Ethics was introduced to over 200 participants and some sample copies
were distributed. Dr Jesani also facilitated some of the workshops and
participated in the panel discussion.
National seminar on
drug promotion: practices, policy and recommendations, YMCA, Mumbai Central,
September 6, 2003
This meeting was convened to discuss the findings
of the FMES study on drug promotion practices. Representatives and experts from
WHO-SEARO, WHO-India, the state drug control authorities, the pharmaceutical
industry, the medical fraternity and other national and international
organisations concerned with drug promotion attended the seminar. Nobhojit Roy
presented the findings of the study. A discussion was held on policy
recommendations based on findings of the study. Medical students from all over
India participated in the discussion.
Meeting on all-India
drug action, YMCA, Mumbai Central, September 7, 2003
This meeting
was organised to rejuvenate drug action on several issues, discuss the
organisational aspects and have the participants pledge commitments. It was also
hoped that this would foster a new generation of drug advocates to take up
issues related to a new drug. Participants included members of FMES, research
institutions, and organisations working on health and drug
policy.
Annual general body meeting of the FMES, YMCA,
Mumbai Central, September 7, 2003
Among the issues discussed at this
meeting was the need to raise funds for the activities of the Society and
increase the journal's subscription base.
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