Jegadeesh Ramasamy
Department of Community Medicine, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute, Kancheepuram, TamilNadu, India
[ 1 ] - Preventing the Emergence of Ebola Disease in Unaffected Countries: Necessity of Preparedness
[ 2 ] - Exploring the Dimensions of Doctor-Patient Relationship in Clinical Practice in Hospital Settings
The Doctor-Patient Relationship (DPR) is a complex concept in the medical sociology in which patients voluntarily approach a doctor and thus become a part of a contract in which they tends to abide with the doctor’s guidance. Globally, the DPR has changed drastically over the years owing to the commercialization and privatization of the health sector. Furthermore, the dynamics of the DPR has sh...
[ 3 ] - Fostering Directly Observed Treatment in Tuberculosis: A Program Manager’s Perspective
Global Tuberculosis (TB) report (2013) has revealed that an estimated 8.6 million people developed TB of which, India accounts for almost 26% of the cases. These estimates clearly suggest that the country’s efforts to achieve Millennium Development Goal 6 by 2015 have not delivered the desired output. In India, the TB prevention and control activities are supervised and implemented under the Re...
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