Tag: doctor
Believing In Medical Institutions And Their Spokespersons?
Medicine should never be a livelihood option. The moment it becomes so it is corrupted. The world can be healthy only when...
Advanced Illness; Over Half of Doctors Would Choose Assisted Dying
A revealing international study shows that more than half of doctors would consider assisted dying for themselves in advanced illness cases like...
Challenge Of Growing Hospital Revenue And Business
Seeking your attention on the broad and provocative statement that is valid for a vast majority of private hospitals and doctors in...
Indians Trust Doctors, Armed Forces, Teachers Most in 2024
Indians have ranked doctors (57%), armed forces personnel (56%), and teachers (56%) as the most trustworthy professions. These rankings are expected. These...
One In Five UK Doctors Use Generative AI
One in five UK doctors utilizes generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Google’s Gemini, in their clinical practice,...
Medicine has Immersed In The Swamp Of Corruption
With every passing day of the RG Kar Kolkata scandal, more shocking revelations have come to the fore. Indeed, our very humanity...
Murder of Young Female Doctor; safety measures for women?
The horrific brutal rape and murder of a 31-year- old female trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College has sent shockwaves...
Most Common Blunders That Indian Doctors Make
Ever since the Supreme Court brought the patient-doctor relationship under the ambit of the Consumer Protection Act in 1995, the number of complaints against doctors has gone up. But in the absence of information, no one really knows how many such cases occur. Also, the law does not clarify the difference between “gross negligence", 'error of judgement", "accident" and "recklessness".
Need For Family Physician In The Interest Of Universal Health Care
In India, medical graduates used to function as family physicians in cities while in villages, a registered medical practitioner (RMP) played that role. With significant advancement in medical knowledge, having only an MBBS degree is no longer considered enough for providing optimum care as a family physician. Accordingly, patients now usually approach specialists even for trivial problems.
“Is The Doctor Whom You Visit An Oasis Of Honesty And...
Many a person will tell this when you tell them about the need to change to holistic systems. Many feel that despite the tremendous corruption in the medical sector, their doctor somehow remains an oasis of honesty and integrity. They feel that the doctor they visit is acting in their best interest.
