LEADER 02907nam 2200493 450 001 9910829041003321 005 20230814224455.0 010 $a93-5280-781-2 010 $a93-5280-782-0 035 $a(CKB)4100000006671747 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5516541 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5516541 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11610564 035 $a(OCoLC)1054003077 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000006671747 100 $a20181003d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHippocratic oath or hypocrisy? $edoctors at crossroads /$fAnita Bakshi 210 1$aNew Delhi, India :$cSage Publications India Pvt Ltd,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (233 pages) 311 $a93-5280-780-4 327 $aWhere it ended -- Hippocratic oath or hypocrisy? -- Through rose-tinted glasses -- Becoming a doctor -- A license to kill or cure -- Private practice: a dangerous potion -- Ethics, morality and mind games -- Tarnished image -- Healing hands -- Medical negligence: close brushes -- The "corporate" mafia in medicine -- Does the pharmaceutical industry rule us? -- Defensive medicine's value system changes -- Disillusioned. 330 $a"Medicine was until recently a greatly respected profession supported by trust and faith on one side and compassion and care on the other. However, over the years, the relationship between doctors and patients has suffered. Doctors now find themselves in the news for all the wrong reasons. Labelled as 'murderers', 'knife happy', 'organ stealing thieves' or touts of pharmaceutical giants, they have now lost respect in the eyes of society. When and how did this happen? When did doctors go from being 'Next to God' to maut ke saudagar, as the media is so fond of labelling them? Hippocratic Oath or Hypocrisy?: Doctors at Crossroads is the author's journey as a doctor over three decades, from a young medical student to an experienced paediatrician. She has used her experience to highlight serious issues--demanding patients, prescribing of unnecessary investigations, hospitals run like business houses, the role of big pharmaceutical industries and so on from the point of view of both doctors and patients"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aPhysicians$zIndia$xPublic opinion 606 $aPhysicians$xProfessional ethics$zIndia 606 $aPhysician and patient$zIndia 606 $aMedical ethics$zIndia 615 0$aPhysicians$xPublic opinion. 615 0$aPhysicians$xProfessional ethics 615 0$aPhysician and patient 615 0$aMedical ethics 676 $a610.69/6 700 $aBakshi$b Anita$0984305 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910829041003321 996 $aHippocratic oath or hypocrisy$93935405 997 $aUNINA