Bioethical Awareness in Indian Medical Scenario
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 10
Abstract
Objective: To Study Bioethical awareness among graduates and post-graduates at Sri Guru Ram Das University of Medical Sciences and Research, Amritsar, Punjab, India. Methodology: The study was carried out in the campus of Sri Guru Ram Das University of Medical Sciences and Research, Amritsar. It was a questionnaire based survey. Results: The Majority of students had better understanding of Bioethical issues as 86.6% students were familiar with the term ‘Bioethics’. The fact that students at this level of education were eager to know more about bioethics was concluded on the basis that 80% of students had the opinion that bioethics should be regularly taught in the class. There was a general agreement among the respondents that the Government policies and the bioethical issues were not satisfactory and needed more thought and discussions. The survey indicated that cloning, organ donation, abortion and stem cell technology as the most important bioethical issues. Conclusion: Colleges, Universities should include bioethics in their curriculums and more and more awareness needs to be created among the general public through conferences and discussions.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr Kushal Aggarwal, Dr Seerat Sandhu Dr. Sahiba Kukreja
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