HAPPY GLOBE HUMANISTICS by Dr.FATEMA PALGHARWALA.

Informed consent in Alternative Treatments: Definitions: alternative medicine noun noun:  alternative medicine 1.      any of a range of medical therapies that are not regarded as orthodox by the medical profession, such as herbalism, naturopathy, and crystal healing. Alternative medicine   is any practice that is put forward as having the healing effects of   medicine   but is not based on   evidence   gathered using the scientific method Complementary medicine   CAM   is the abbreviation for   Complementary and alternative medicine . Integrative medicine   (or integrative health) is the combination of the practices and methods of alternative medicine with conventional medicine. WHAT IS ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES?  The term Alternative Medicine means any form of medicine that is outside the mainstream of western medicine or conventional medicine as practiced a majority of doctors today....

Conclusion: In the end it can be said that informed consent is at heart shared decision making—a recommended approach to medical treatment decision in which patients actively participate with their doctors. The Patients must have adequate information if they are to play a significant role in making decisions that reflect their own values and preferences, in cases like HALAL vs. NON-HALAL medicine and side effects of medicines or treatment  outcomes consequences of denying treatment and lastly areas like trust the doctor or trust self-study.  The physicians play a key role as educators in this process. [1] To avoid legal action, according to the doctrine of informed consent, physicians must disclose enough information for the patient to make an “informed” decision. However, because informed consent laws and principles do not specify the amount of information that must be disclosed like the process of treatments, time consumption, life expectancy, perfect treatmen...

MEDICINE AND RELIGION AND INFORMED CONSENT In India medicine and religion go hand in hand doctors are next to God since they save lives, with the advent of variety of information available over the internet many patients are now aware about the content of the medicines they consume. Example many Ayurvedic medicines would contain NUTMEG, or homoeopathic medicine prepared from cuttle fish, numerous examples can be enumerated, Allopathic medicine contain alcohol in preservative contents. These are very important questions for a physician now a day. Religion emphasis on HALAL products Now while a prescription is made it will be necessary for the physician to state whether this will be halal or not halal, Again going by the route of Medical negligence, in Malay Kumar Ganguly vs. Sukumar Mukherjee 2009 the Supreme Court cited 3 American cases Canterbury vs. Spence 1972; Cobbs vs. Grant 1972; And Hamilton vs. Hardy 1976 The apex observes, The Law on medical neglige...

Comparative study of India and UK Doctors, owe their clients a duty to disclose any conflict of interest that has arisen and to inform their clients. There are many ways in which this may arise in practice—for example, if a doctor has conducted a client's case negligently. Doctors are in breach of their professional code of conduct if they fail to comply with these duties. A patient approaching a doctor expects medical treatment with all the knowledge and skill that the doctor possesses to bring relief to his medical problem. The relationship takes the shape of a contract retaining the essential elements of tort. A doctor owes certain duties to his patient and a breach of any of these duties gives a cause of action for negligence against the doctor. The doctor has a duty to obtain prior informed consent from the patient before carrying out diagnostic tests and therapeutic. Though a doctor may not be in a position to save his patient's life at all times, he is expe...