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Hello all,
I think this is the first posting on this topic. With greetings to Dr. Mira madam, I will start my post about history of ethics in medicine.
The Greek word "Ethos " means gathering of good hearted people> Now adays Ethics can be defined as' Systemic study of what is good with respect to Conduct and Charecter' but in curent era of arguments we can also say it as "a desicion which can be justified."
There have been various regulations in our fraternity concerned with Ethics.
1) Hippocratic oath- It consisted of two parts....
Inward looking- deals with our Intrafraternity behaviour
Outward Looking- deals with our relation with our clients.
2) Declaration of Geneva- written in 1948....Revised in 1968,1983.
3) International code of medical ethics- written
in 1949 Revised in 1968
4) Nuremberg code- written in 1947....Revised in 1966. ( Universal code)
5) Helsinky declaration- written in 1964
coming to resent past
6) Icmr guidelines- written in 1982....Revised in 2000
7) Shedule Y - latest came in 2005.
The interesting thing behind this history is that " Most of the writings and amendmends were followed after a BIG medical Mishap"
Even we see large niumber of regulations, the basic principles remain the same
1] Autonomy
2]beneficeince
3] Non-maleficience
4] Justice
But in current situation we all follow ICMR guidelines and Shedule Y. particulary ICMR gives the twelve basic principles to be followed in a clinical trial.
Both these regulations are based on " Institutional ethics comittee' and " protocol along with
written informed consent form"
This is for now in my next posting I will give general Info about the above two.
Till then I hope a huge responce from other members
Regards
Dr. Narendra
GMC, Nagpur.
Mira Desai <desaimirak@...> wrote:
Dear Netrumians,Hello !!After a break , lets gear up for the discussion on next topic.......... '' Ethical issues in medicine development" which will be open from 18th - 28th Nov.2006.
Medicine development is a highly technical, time consuming and expensive process involving animal studies and clinical trials.Animal rights activists protest to the use of animals which has become a major concern.It is also a fact that India has become a major hub for the clinical trials.In spite of code of ethics, reports of unethical practices keep coming.Pharmacologists are involved in the medicine research, animal studies and clinical trials. Further,lot of interest and enthusiasm has been observed in topics of clinical research among our members from the previous discussion.Hence, it is felt that we should discuss "Ethical issues in medicine development" on NetRUM.
It is my privilege to moderate .We look forward to your active participation and valuable inputs.Best inputs will fetch the participant a certificate /memento/ both from NetRUM.
So happy posting and best luck.Dr Mira Desai
B.J.Medical College,Ahmedabad.
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