Category: Medical Laws
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Regulation of health care delivery in India: What ails the law
Health regulation is critical to define and maintain standards, strengthen accountability, provide social and financial risk protection, assure good clinical outcomes and increase transparency in a country’s health care system. Regulation may be understood as government control over activities of individuals or organisations, and more specifically as government action to manipulate variables such as prices,…
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Medical Negligence During COVID-19: The Necessity for Far-reaching Guidelines
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed the health care sector in an unprecedented light. On the one hand, health professionals are hailed as “corona warriors”, but on the other hand, cases of refusal of medical assistance and non-compliance with safety protocols have endangered the lives of medical professionals and patients. There are certain questions that arise…
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Electronic Health Records: Understanding Privacy in Healthcare
INTRODUCTION While headlines like “India to become the world leader in Digital Health[i]” often catch one’s eye, it is hard to miss scare heads like “India’s health system is frail, inadequate and of inconsistent quality[ii].” With such diverging headlines, it is difficult to not be confused by the wide-ranging contrast and even more difficult to…
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Social values v. Social Reality: Divergent perspectives on Termination of Pregnancy
In India, Abortion (voluntarily causing miscarriage) is illegal[1], only medical termination is allowed.[2] Termination of pregnancy can only be undertaken by registered medical practitioners up to 12 weeks and the opinion of more than two medical practitioners is required if termination of pregnancy is done between 12 and 20 weeks. Termination after the 20 week…
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Requirements to File for Medical Malpractice
A medical malpractice claim is like navigating a maze; you have to take many passages in order to reach your destination. It requires more than just an attorney to be involved within the case. There are general steps that every state takes when having to file a medical malpractice claim, although each state has some…
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