A Monongraph Series Devoted To The Understanding of Medicine, Mental Health, Mind , Man And Their Maxtrix
A bright young man decided he wanted to make the removal of suffering his mission. He also loved to understand human nature. So he chose psychiatry as his branch. He studied hard. He mastered his textbooks, he attended the lectures and tutorials, he attended the ward rounds and grand rounds, he took and presented case […]
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Abstract The growing commercialization of research with its effect on the ethical conduct of researchers, and the advancement of scientific knowledge with its effect on the welfare or otherwise of patients, are areas of pressing concern today and need a serious, thorough study. Biomedical research, and its forward march, is becoming increasingly dependent on industry-academia
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The Mens Sana Monographs was started in May 2003. It is two years since we set on this course. During this time, we have tried to set a comprehensive agenda for the monographs, tackling issues in mental health, science, religion and public health. An Annual which compiled the first six monographs was published in October
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In the field of modern medical science, we can identify certain epochs. Some of these will be our concern here, for they offer important insights into the development of modern medicine and offer equally important predictors of where it is heading in the future. In fact they are so important that they qualify to be
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Abstract Primary Health Care was the means by which Health for All by the Year 2000 AD was to be achieved. And Health for All was possible only if All were mobilised for Health. This meant not just governments and medical establishments, but people themselves. Primary health care is essentially health care made universally accessible
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Consider this: You as an Indian, do not have the Right to Health, although our Direc-tive Principles of State Policy, the Preamble of the WHO and the Univer-sal Declaration of Human Rights of the UN mention it categorically. Most countries which care for its people, including Russia, France and US, have granted such a Right
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The New Year’s Gift – Gandhi on Religion, Faith and Conversion, was educative, informative and thought provoking. Any prudent individual would certainly endorse the views expressed in the article. On Christianity and conversion there has been a lot of acrimony between the communities in India in the recent past. Certain questions remains unanswered. The learned
(In response to the questions raised in the present Monograph, one of our subscribers Principal R.N. Sawardekar, M.A., of Dempo Trust Junior College, Panaji, Goa has sent in his answers. Hope they make interesting reading – eds.) Q.1. Gandhi would want us to be critical of our own religion but reverential towards other’s religion. Most
When you discuss your religion with a person of another faith, what do you usually do? You try to defend it from attack by the other, while he tries to point out its faults. And you do the same to him while discussing his religion. Usually the debate ends in acrimony and mud slinging. You
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(Page 70, raised a few questions which one of the authors (A.R.S.) attempts to answer. Take them for whatever they are worth. Hope they excite you to search for your own answers.) Q.1. What should governing bodies and funding agencies do to encourage original research? Ans. Stop funding replicative research to the extent being done