Medical ethics : On the Back Seat
deally the doctors can provide the healing touch to the ailing humanity and they only can make the difference between life and death. While addressing the 46th Annual Convocation of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Mr. Venkaiah Naidu, Vice President of India said the young doctors must bear in mind the need to uphold ethics and treat every patient with compassion and empathy, irrespective of his or her financial background. That is true, Mr. Naidu has given right advice, but how it would work on the ground is a difficult question. In these days, when medical ethics is merged with business strategy, the message has a value.



