Medical Relief Activities from Below

Rethinking medical ethics: a view from below.

In this paper, we argue that lack of access to the fruits of modern medicine and the science that informs it is an important and neglected topic within bioethics and medical ethics. This is especially clear to those working in what are now termed 'resource-poor settings'- to those working, in plain language, among populations living in dire poverty. We draw on our experience with infectious dis...

Rural Medical Relief

Unwanted Medical Relief

By S. D. S. GREVAL LIEUTENANT-COLONEL, late I.M.S. Scrolof/ist. to the Government of India, School of Tropical Medicine, Calcutta The following is a typical case. After a deed of violence and a domestic tragedy the victim and family are much more concerned about the revenge than the relief. Precious hours which if availed of in seeking medical relief can save the life of the victim are spent in...

Medical Education and Rural Medical Relief

The patient's view: doing medical history from below.