Unit 4 of Law and Medicine (syllabus: Module 4 — clinical trials, road accidents and sexual assault, objectionable drug advertisements, organ transplantation, pre-natal diagnostic techniques, disaster management and medical insurance). Below: what the unit covers, the provisions it turns on, and the cases an examiner expects you to name.
What this unit covers
- On what conditions may a drug be tried on a human being?
- What does the Declaration of Helsinki add to the protection of research participants?
- What is the doctor's duty when a road-accident victim is brought in, and what does the medico-legal examination establish?
- How must a survivor of sexual assault be treated and examined, and how does this differ from the accused?
- Which advertisements of drugs and remedies are prohibited?
- Who may donate an organ, to whom, and what turns on the Authorisation Committee?
- What does the law on pre-natal diagnostic techniques permit and what does it forbid?
- What is a disaster in law, and how do the medical duties and insurance fit into the response?
Treat that list as a self-test: recite each topic's rule from memory before you open its cases.
Provisions
- Motor Vehicles Act 1988, s. s. 134
- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, s. ss. 184, 397 and 52
- Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act 1954, s. ss. 3, 4, 5, 7 and 14
- Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act 1994, s. ss. 3, 9, 12 and 19
- Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act 1994, s. ss. 4, 5, 6, 23 and 24
- Disaster Management Act 2005, s. ss. 2(d), 12 and 34