The urgent need for advance directives in India
<p>Many individuals at the end of life are unable to convey their wishes regarding medical treatments. Advance directives (ADs) or living wills (LWs) allow them to crystallise their wishes in a written
Indian Journal of Medical Ethics
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MTP Amendment Bill, 2014: towards re-imagining abortion care
<p>In India, the 1971 Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, while allowing abortions under a broad range of circumstances, can be considered a conservative law from a feminist perspective.<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/MTP-Amendment-Bill-unsafe-abortion.pdf"
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Corruption in healthcare and medicine: Why should physicians and bioethicists care and what should they do?
<p>Corruption, an undeniable reality in the health sector, is arguably the most serious ethical crisis in medicine today. However, it remains poorly addressed in scholarly journals and by professional
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AEFI and the pentavalent vaccine: looking for a composite picture
On May 4, 2013, the ministry of health of VietNam suspended Quinvaxem, the pentavalent combination used in that country, after it had caused 12 deaths and nine non-fatal serious adverse events (3). On