[india-drug] Clinical Trial ethics related to Acupuncture (2)

["Chandra Gulhati" <seeemgee@yahoo.co.uk>]

Response from our Essential Drugs (E-DRUG) discussion group:

E-DRUG: Clinical Trial ethics related to Acupuncture (2)
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Doctors who are registered under the Medical Council
of India Act are only allowed to practice various
branches of modern medicine.

The Supreme Court of India in 1996 had ordered that
doctors who use medicines, products and procedure
other than modern drugs are to be treated as "quacks
per se" and should be prosecuted.

Any informal training in any system other than modern
medicine does not confer any right on the individual
to practice that system. The main issue is the system
under which a doctor is registered.

Dr. Chandra M. Gulhati
Editor, MIMS INDIA
(Monthly Index of Medical Specialities)
seeemgee@yahoo.co.uk