Step inside the mind haunted by voices which do not exist, where thoughts are borrowed, stolen, or leaked, and reality feels fragile. This poem conveys the fear, isolation, and confusion of living a life with schizophrenia, inviting readers to witness the invisible...
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...
Janice Parente, Ethics on Trial: Protecting Humans in Canada’s Broken Research System. Dundurn Press, 2025. 240 pages. ISBN: 9781459755970 (paperback); 9781459755994 (ePub)
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 ...
Surgical futility in hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) oncology is often defined by clinical outcomes — mortality, major morbidity, or early recurrence — yet these metrics overlook the patient’s lived experience and goals. This commentary argues that futility must be re...
In the context of war and instability, developing a professional ethical culture among future doctors is particularly significant and requires innovative educational approaches. This commentary presents the unique features of the integrated medical ethics course “D...
Medical internship is intended to be a supervised period of clinical training, exposure to the hospital setting and learning efficient patient care. However, in many Indian teaching hospitals, interns increasingly function as a “catch-all” workforce, informally ass...
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...