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Theory paper

Law and Medicine

Examined on National Medical Commission Act 2019, Constitution of India, Article 21, Consumer Protection Act 2019; Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act 1994; Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act 1994. Replaced the Indian Medical Council Act 1956. Indian systems of medicine and homoeopathy are now regulated by national commissions set up in 2020 in place of the old central councils. Some older Acts still define a registered medical practitioner by reference to the repealed 1956 Act.

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Units

  1. Unit 1 · Right to Health and the Medical Profession — Module 1 — the right to health under the Constitution, the health-care delivery system, standards and accreditation, regulation of the profession under the National Medical Commission Act 2019 and the councils for Indian medicine and homoeopathy, registration and professional conduct, and the systems of medicine
  2. Unit 2 · The Doctor-Patient Relationship — Module 2 — consent, informed refusal and therapeutic privilege, medical records and certificates, confidentiality, euthanasia, living wills and do-not-resuscitate decisions, and professional obligations
  3. Unit 3 · Medical Negligence and Remedies — Module 3 — negligence and contributory negligence, medical errors and accidents, the Consumer Protection Act 2019 and medical services, violence against doctors, and criminal-law remedies
  4. Unit 4 · Medico-Legal Issues — Module 4 — clinical trials, road accidents and sexual assault, objectionable drug advertisements, organ transplantation, pre-natal diagnostic techniques, disaster management and medical insurance

Exam questions

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