Indian Journal of Medical Ethics: Oct-Dec 2004 TOC

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Dear friends,

The latest issue of the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics (Oct-Dec

2004) is now available full-text online. Please find the clickable

Table of Contents, just below the editors' summary.

Sandhya Srinivasan

Executive Editor

Indian Journal of Medical Ethics

www.issuesinmedicalethics.org

E-mail: <sandhya@...>

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Medicalisation of the death penalty

The Law Commission's recommendation that capital punishment be carried

out through lethal injection will further medicalise the death

penalty. The editorial describes the history of the profession's

involvement in the death penalty and .calls for all health

professionals to oppose any participation in execution.

In developing countries, access to treatment for AIDS and the prospect

of an HIV vaccine continue to generate discussion. In this issue, a

bioethicist spells out principles critical to implementing the World

Health Organizations's plan for treatment. Researchers involved in the

Indian HIV vaccine trials outline ethical problems and their response.

An activist describes how intellectual property rights are being used

to prevent access to essential drugs in developing countries.

Can the community head's consent substitute for individual consent?

Does providing health care constitute an inducement to participate in

the research? Our case study and the responses discuss difficulties

encountered when conducting a study on tribals.

The Supreme Court's ruling on criminal liability in medical negligence

has been greeted with surprise. A senior legal professional comments

on the ruling in the context of previous judgments onc:riminal medical

negligence.

Finally, the Selected Summary describes the evolving debate on

end-of-life care in the USA and comments on the relevance of this

subject to India.

Volume 1 Number 4 Oct-Dec 2004 (IME Vol 12 No 4)

Incorporating Issues in Medical Ethics, cumulative Vol XII No 4)

EDITORIAL

Medicalisation of 'legal' killing: doctors' participation in death

penalty AMAR JESANI

<http://www.issuesinmedicalethics.org/124ed104.html>

RESPONSE

Addressing ethical concerns in the Indian HIV vaccine trials SEEMA

SAHAY, SANJAY MEHENDALE

<http://www.issuesinmedicalethics.org/124cv108.html>

Challenges confronting the WHO/UNAIDS 3X5 Initiative RUTH MACKLIN

<http://www.issuesinmedicalethics.org/124cv113.html>

Intellectual capital as property AMIT SENGUPTA

<http://www.issuesinmedicalethics.org/124cv115.html>

ARTICLE

Provision of health care by the government D VARATHARAJAN

<http://www.issuesinmedicalethics.org/124oa117.html>

VIEW POINT

Concerns about ethical review of health research in India V MOHANAN

NAIR, DOUGLAS K MARTIN

<http://www.issuesinmedicalethics.org/124vp119.html>

Role of ethics committees in medical research D S SHROTRI

<http://www.issuesinmedicalethics.org/124vp121.html>

CASE STUDY

Research in a tribal community RAJAN R PATIL

<http://www.issuesinmedicalethics.org/124cs122.html>

Response: Purity of standards: at what price PIERRE LAPLANTE

<http://www.issuesinmedicalethics.org/124cs124.html>

Response: Challenges in research in tribal communities SHELLEY SAHA

<http://www.issuesinmedicalethics.org/124cs125.html>

HEALTH AND LAW

Criminal liability for medical negligence: a drastic change? M R

HARIHARAN NAIR

<http://www.issuesinmedicalethics.org/124hl126.html>

BOOK REVIEW

A mental health manual for primary care SOUMITRA PATHARE

<http://www.issuesinmedicalethics.org/124br128.html>

FILM REVIEW

Phir Milenge JAGDISH CHINAPPA

<http://www.issuesinmedicalethics.org/124br129.html>

SELECTED SUMMARY

Options at the end of life BASHIR MAMDANI

<http://www.issuesinmedicalethics.org/124ss130.html>

From the press

<http://www.issuesinmedicalethics.org/124fp106.html>

From other journals

<http://www.issuesinmedicalethics.org/124oj132.html>

Correspondence

<http://www.issuesinmedicalethics.org/124co135.html>

Activities report

<http://www.issuesinmedicalethics.org/124arbc.html>

Home page of IJME

<http://www.issuesinmedicalethics.org>