Scientific Manpower Needs Positive Legislation

Medical manpower needs by the year 2000.

At independence in 1957 we had a total of 770 doctors with a doctor population ratio of 1:8091. In 1987 we had 5794 doctors registered and a markedly improved ratio of 1:2852 (Table I). Even if we were to aim for a modest 1:2000 ratio by the year 2000 when the population is estimated to rise to 22.5 million,' we will require to double our present number of doctors. We will need to register an a...

The European Union's chemical legislation needs revision.

Wastage of resources and scientific manpower in India

India is a poor country by all standards and can ill afford the wastage of scarce resources. The state universities have meagre resources to pay salaries of their staff and there is absolutely no money for funding research activity. Hence, research activity in the country is mostly supported by funding agencies like DST, CSIR, DAE, ICMR, DRDO and various ministries having science and technology...

Medical legislation – educational needs assessment for dental students

Rationale (hypothesis): Many studies have highlighted the vulnerabilities in medical practice due to the legislation ignorance. Therefore, developing special programs for students training is needed and has become imperative. Objective: This research aimed to identify the educational needs for the 5th year students in "Carol Davila" School of Dentistry in Bucharest, related to the legislation i...

Mental health legislation needs to point to the future

* Correspondence: [email protected] The forum article by Professor Xie raises the broad issue of whether mental health legislation in China needs to respond to the existing realities of the community mental health services system. Given the lack of community mental health resources in China, the burden of caring for persons with mental illnesses has traditionally been borne by families and by...