Apart from medical and public health interventions, human resources for health are a critical component of any effective public health system. In this context, the role and significance of caregiving within societies are of critical importance. Women are often desi...
The 13th International Conference on Ethics Education, themed "Ethics Education: An Imperative for Future Generations," brought together global scholars to address contemporary ethical challenges spanning critical areas of bioethics, technology ethics, ethics in sc...
"Batting" — the informal practice of diverting or discharging patients to avoid clinical responsibility — is a pervasive yet inadequately examined feature of Indian medical training. This commentary examines batting as an ethical failure operating at individual, cu...
Background: The Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) curriculum was revised by the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine in 2021–22. The updated syllabus now provides for extensive theoretical knowledge and skill development in forensic med...
The passage of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act 2026 has contributed to an escalating situation of serious public health concern, adversely affecting a significant section of the population of India.
We are a group of public health professionals engaged ...
Background: This paper examines the emerging challenge of genetic discrimination (GD) in India, through constitutional, judicial, and ethical perspectives. GD is a critical issue driven by increasing accessibility to genetic testing and insufficient legal safeguard...
Background: Infectious diseases can lead to emergencies, posing ethical and humanitarian challenges in allocating basic minimum and specialised healthcare resources. This study aims to investigate the ethical and humanitarian considerations in allocating healthcare...
We celebrate the life of Anil Pilgaokar, founding member of the Forum for Medical Ethics Society, ...
Background: Post-trial access (PTA) is an important element of any ethics or regulatory guidance document. It was first introduced in the Declaration of Helsinki (DoH) in the year 2000 but has only recently gained momentum. The objective of this narrative review wa...
Ward X KEM Hospital
I first saw Sunil Pandya in 1967, when I was a medical student. He worked on Ward X, the Neurology/Neurosurgery ward, in King Edward VII Memorial (KEM) Hospital, headed by Dr Homi Dastur, an eminent neurosurg...