Hindi Urdu for Health - Public Health Issues

Ethics in medicine is not a new concern. But it has become much more pronounced in modern times. The issues involved may range from right diagnosis and right treatment to the fees charged to patients, and the administration of insurance and medical bills. This issue cuts across all genres of medicine, traditional as well as conventional. In this section we have video clips that inform us about how doctors following different medical systems talk about fees and ethics in their practice.

The systems of health and medicine we have highlighted on these web pages, though particular to South Asia, are used by South Asians the world over. Similarly, there are certain kinds of ailments which are South Asia specific. In this section we deal with a few such examples.