Ethical Issues in the Medical Industry (Business) of India
ETHICAL ISSUES IN THE MEDICAL INDUSTRY (BUSINESS) OF INDIA
The medical fraternity is one of the most ubiquitous professions. There is a need for medication and medical treatment, wherever humans in habit. This vital necessity of mankind can and generally is open to misuse by all involved in the business of healing.
Medical care is one aspect of a developed society. Most modern progressive countries have an excellent medical care system and one can say the development of a country can be gauged by the standard of the medical facilities available there. Developed countries are at the forefront of good medical care delivery and all developed countries have a system of care that is state funded or assisted.
For a good system to operate there has to be a balance of freedom and control. If a free-for-all system is allowed to function, then it will certainly be exploited by unscrupulous persons to the detriment of others. Too much control will lead to stifling of initiative and impediments in research and development which is vital for the sector to operate.
Issue:
The sales model of pharmaceutical companies has bought out the conscience of medical practitioners in India.
Unfortunately, in the underdeveloped world, due to the lack of resources, it is extremely difficult to maintain a good system. A poor country by itself has massive health care needs as due to poverty, there is often malnutrition, ignorance, widespread diseases and frequent epidemics. The governments of poor countries are constrained by funds to invest heavily in the sector and are compelled by circumstances to rely on the private sector to deliver the vital functions. Even managing and monitoring progress is an expensive affair and out of the bounds of most developing countries. This is the root cause of manipulation, cheating, and dishonesty which is the bane of most underdeveloped countries.
As underdeveloped countries do not deliver cradle to grave medical facilities, the
The medical fraternity is one of the most ubiquitous professions. There is a need for medication and medical treatment, wherever humans in habit. This vital necessity of mankind can and generally is open to misuse by all involved in the business of healing.
Medical care is one aspect of a developed society. Most modern progressive countries have an excellent medical care system and one can say the development of a country can be gauged by the standard of the medical facilities available there. Developed countries are at the forefront of good medical care delivery and all developed countries have a system of care that is state funded or assisted.
For a good system to operate there has to be a balance of freedom and control. If a free-for-all system is allowed to function, then it will certainly be exploited by unscrupulous persons to the detriment of others. Too much control will lead to stifling of initiative and impediments in research and development which is vital for the sector to operate.
Issue:
The sales model of pharmaceutical companies has bought out the conscience of medical practitioners in India.
Unfortunately, in the underdeveloped world, due to the lack of resources, it is extremely difficult to maintain a good system. A poor country by itself has massive health care needs as due to poverty, there is often malnutrition, ignorance, widespread diseases and frequent epidemics. The governments of poor countries are constrained by funds to invest heavily in the sector and are compelled by circumstances to rely on the private sector to deliver the vital functions. Even managing and monitoring progress is an expensive affair and out of the bounds of most developing countries. This is the root cause of manipulation, cheating, and dishonesty which is the bane of most underdeveloped countries.
As underdeveloped countries do not deliver cradle to grave medical facilities, the
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