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Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the awareness of the ‘ethical code of conduct for medical practitioners’ among medical undergraduate students. Setting: Tertiary care medical college and hospital. Materials and methods: This study covered 172 medical students in a private medical school in Pondicherry, located in southern India.
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It is increasingly common to find medical students taking bedside clinical pictures or videos of patients. It is not unusual to find even groups of students doing this, during or after a clinical class. The recent surge in the usage of cell phones with cameras, and the increasing lack of sensitivity to patients’ feelings, are responsible for this behaviour. These photographs are taken either without the patient’s consent or with casual verbal consent without an explanation of its implications.
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A 35-day-old male infant with presumed shaken baby syndrome is reported. This first born child to mother educated upto middle school and father tailor by occupation was brought from a remote village 180 kms away from JIPMER. Poor feeding, focal clonic seizures were the initial symptoms. The fundus examination revealed fresh preretinal and vitreous hemorrhages. CT Brain showed right sided subdural hemorrhage with subarachnoid extension and midline shift. He had a normal platelet count and coagulation profile. The sensorium deteriorated and infant expired despite adequate ventilatory support.