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{"title":"A Study on Copycat Suicides and Werther Effect: Myth or Reality","authors":"Tushar Saini, V. Arora, S. Sharma, D. Kumar, Vipul M. Parmar, Saurbh Sharma","doi":"10.18099/IJETV.V7I01.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18099/IJETV.V7I01.3","url":null,"abstract":"Suicide is a critical mental health problem, and during this COVID-19 pandemic, various mental health problems have arisen, leading to an increased tendency for suicides. It is difficult to believe if we lose someone due to suicide, especially if he/she is a popular figure in society, as it does not affect the family and friends of that person but also brings a sense of loss to the community. Copycat suicide is defined as duplication or copycat of another suicide that the person attempting suicide knows about either from the local knowledge or on account of depicting the original suicide on television and in other media.1 Werther effect defines as a popular term for an increase in suicide rates that follow media coverage of suicides or are inspired by reading about others suicides or are linked to a friend or family member who committed suicide.2 In June 2020, a renowned Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead, hanging from the ceiling fan at his house in Bandra, Mumbai, and the alleged manner of death was ruled to have been suicide.3 For around 3 months, all the media was covering this news. The aim of this study is to assess the effect of media coverage of this case (i.e., Werther effect) on the increase in the cases of suicides by hanging (i.e., Copycat suicides) in the rural areas of Himachal Pradesh. Out of 249 medico-legal autopsies in 2020 during the period from June 14 to December 31, there were 28 cases of hanging which constitutes 11.24%, and if we compare it with 2018 and 2019, there were a total of 278 and 253 cases during this period, and amongst these cases, only 13 and 15 cases respectively of hanging were reported which constitutes 4.67 and 5.14%. This study shows that there is about 2 times increase in hanging cases after the death of this renowned actor. In June 2020, just after his death, there is a drastic increase in hanging cases, constituting 24%. Male predominance is more than females as males constitute 75% of cases, which is more than the females, which constitute only 25% of cases. The age group of 21-30 years shows more predominance as compared to the other age groups.","PeriodicalId":133130,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ETHICS, TRAUMA & VICTIMOLOGY","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125325450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Legal Issues in Medical Practice in Malaysia","authors":"Ahmad Mah, Abd Jalil Ij, N. Isa, Nizamani Sm, NasimulIslam Mohd","doi":"10.18099/IJETV.V7I01.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18099/IJETV.V7I01.6","url":null,"abstract":"The health regulatory system in Malaysia is solely relying on complaints made by members of the public which mean a legal intervention is required in a case of medical negligence. Based on the number of claims and medical negligence cases reported in Malaysia, legal issues pertaining to medical practice have become a profound concern by medical doctors. Legal issues in medical practice are circulating in various aspects of care which comprise consent, confidentiality, doctor-patient relationship, documentation or record keeping and many others. There will be positive and negative implications congruent with these legal issues in medical practice. One of the negative implications is the medical doctors will unconsciously practice defensive medicine due to fear of impending medical litigation. On the other hand, due to the fear of impending medical litigation, medical doctors will become more aware and concern about the legal issues in medical practice. As a result, they will continuously improve their practice, quality of care which leads them to be more confident in practicing medicine.","PeriodicalId":133130,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ETHICS, TRAUMA & VICTIMOLOGY","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121378584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sports Related Orofacial Injuries: A Review Of 'On-Field Management' By Dentist","authors":"Sandesh Suryawanshi, Sonali Kadam, E. Ramaswami, Pranoti P. Kausadikar, Bhavana Murjani, R. Saju, Prachi Mathe","doi":"10.18099/ijetv.v7i01.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18099/ijetv.v7i01.8","url":null,"abstract":"Sports-related dental injuries are very common among athletes. Many of these injuries can lead to permanent damage in their aesthetics, reflecting back on their confidence and performance. It is very important to immediately treat sports-related injuries and hence, prevent future permanent complications. Sporting events in India are organized without appointing a dentist \"on the field, \" which leads to reduced chances of attending to the orofacial injuries immediately. A good amount of literature is available regarding the management of dental injuries in the dental office. Since there is no information available regarding 'on field' immediate management of these injuries, we have tried to provide collective information regarding immediate management of dental injuries occurring 'on field' by the dental professional.","PeriodicalId":133130,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ETHICS, TRAUMA & VICTIMOLOGY","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127852103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Comprehensive Overview of Forensic Entomology","authors":"M. A. Sardar, S. Sachdev, Sonali Kadam, T. Chettiankandy, Sarang G. Sonawane, J. Tupkari","doi":"10.18099/IJETV.V7I01.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18099/IJETV.V7I01.5","url":null,"abstract":"Arthropods comprise the most ubiquitous species globally that play a key role in the decomposition process of a corpse. The entomological analysis of species commonly associated with carrion can provide valuable insights in investigations which forms the basis of Forensic Entomology. Since historical times, entomological data has aided in resolving numerous medico-criminal cases. Estimation of post-mortem interval by careful analysis of insect fauna associated with a decaying corpse is the most prominent application of Forensic Entomology. However, the conditions surrounding a decomposing corpse are not always optimum, and the rate of decomposition is influenced by multiple factors that need to be considered by forensic entomologists. The present article provides a comprehensive overview of the field of Forensic Entomology, its various applications, limitations and advances through time.","PeriodicalId":133130,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ETHICS, TRAUMA & VICTIMOLOGY","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114746679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Hooch Tragedy in Majha Region of Punjab, India","authors":"J. Singh, N. Chaudhary, K. Kumarm, A. Chanana","doi":"10.18099/IJETV.V7I01.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18099/IJETV.V7I01.9","url":null,"abstract":"Due to rampant unemployment, the youth does not hesitate in engaging themselves in any work/job from where they can earn their livelihood. The underground trade of drug trafficking, drug peddling, and drug abuse is prevalent in this part of India for decades. This illicit trade affects the economy of the State and causes the physical, social, and mental degeneration of the persons consuming it. Recently about 150 people were affected after consuming illicit distilled spurious liquor in the Majha region of Punjab, and more than 100 people died due to it. Some of the cases were admitted to the hospital attached to Government Medical College, Amritsar. Out of these admitted cases, few of them succumbed to poisoning whose Forensic autopsies were conducted by the Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, GMC, Amritsar. The meticulous autopsy findings and the scientific interpretation of the analysis of the detected methanol alone or along with ethyl alcohol reported by the chemical examiner to Punjab government led to the establishment of a definite cause of death which helped the investigating agencies in apprehending the people involved in these criminal activities.","PeriodicalId":133130,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ETHICS, TRAUMA & VICTIMOLOGY","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127635728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Epidemic Disease Act 1897 and its Amendment - A Perspective","authors":"P. K","doi":"10.18099/ijetv.v7i01.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18099/ijetv.v7i01.7","url":null,"abstract":"The Epidemic Disease Act was enacted in 1897 to stop the spread of bubonic plague outbreak in Bombay at that time. The Act gives powers to the central and state government to take special measures and prescribe regulations to prevent the spread of dangerous epidemic disease. The act was invoked many times in the country since then and the last was in 2018 to prevent the spread of cholera in a Gujarat village. The covid-19 pandemic made the country to a standstill and the government machinery, health care workers and officials are working day night to contain the virus. The most unfortunate thing that happened in our country is unprovoked abuse, harassment and violence on the people who are at the forefront to implement preventive strategies by the public. The government felt that The Epidemic Disease Act was insufficient to protect the workforce and a new ordinance was brought to amend the Epidemic Disease Act of 1897. The ordinance has introduced a bill in both sections of parliament and now became an act. Both the act and its amendment are discussed here.","PeriodicalId":133130,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ETHICS, TRAUMA & VICTIMOLOGY","volume":"20 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120895149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"When Compassion Hurts: An Autoethnographic Experience of Vicarious Trauma by a Forensic Nurse","authors":"Sebaeng Jeanette M","doi":"10.18099/ijetv.v7i02.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18099/ijetv.v7i02.9","url":null,"abstract":"Caring for victims of violence includes obtaining history, examining and collecting evidentiary matter, and providing expert testimony in the court of law. In this paper, the researcher shared her own experiences as a forensic nurse on how being compassionate and listening to the stories of victims of violence and witnessing the sustained injuries led to some emotional stress which is referred to in the literature as vicarious trauma. Working every day with victims led to an altered worldview that impacted the researcher’s psychological, physiological, and social being. A qualitative autoethnographic approach was explored to describe the researcher’s experiences working with victims of sexual assault in a designated center within a public hospital. Personal narratives were used as a data collection method and thematic approach to analyze and describe the experiences. Although the researcher acknowledges that not every forensic nurse may suffer symptoms resulting from vicarious trauma, the shared experiences may add value to individuals who have an interest in enrolling for a clinical forensic nursing course in becoming conversant with the concept, to think of ways to handle vicarious trauma and seek interventions on time. Moreover, organizational managers may know the ordeal, forensic nurses’ experience and provide the necessary support.","PeriodicalId":133130,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ETHICS, TRAUMA & VICTIMOLOGY","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130555006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Perspectives of being a patient: Expectations, rights and responsibilities?","authors":"R. K. Gorea","doi":"10.18099/IJETV.V7I01.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18099/IJETV.V7I01.1","url":null,"abstract":"From a healthy person when a person becomes a patient may be a matter of short duration or long duration depending upon the type of illness. A patient when reaches to the health provider have many expectations some of which is easy to fulfil others may be difficult to be met with. Care providers must know these expectations so that they know them, understand them and try to fulfil the possible expectations. Some of these may be enshrined in the rights of the patients and these rights of the patients have to be taken care of and it will be possible only when all medical and health professionals know well about it and in detail. Along with the expectations and rights of the patient there are responsibilities of the patient too which patients must fulfil to have a better experience and comforts in the different settings of the health professionals.","PeriodicalId":133130,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ETHICS, TRAUMA & VICTIMOLOGY","volume":"112 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134423975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Forensic Nursing in Humanitarian Forensics","authors":"R. K. Gorea","doi":"10.18099/IJETV.V6I02.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18099/IJETV.V6I02.1","url":null,"abstract":"Humanitarian forensics has been established as a new entity, and it is bound to develop as a robust branch of science. It is a multidisciplinary subject with the involvement of experts from different fields of science. Forensic nursing too is an upcoming branch of nursing science and is a relatively new discipline of science. Forensic nursing science is expanding in various countries. This paper will describe and discuss the various important aspects of Humanitarian forensics and forensic nurses' utility in humanitarian forensics and discuss the future role of forensic nurses in humanitarian forensics.","PeriodicalId":133130,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ETHICS, TRAUMA & VICTIMOLOGY","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126528872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Perceptions of Healthcare Professionals of Tertiary Care Centre of Eastern Nepal on Organ Trafficking to Aid in Formulation of Proper Organ Transplantation Regulatory System","authors":"Bikash Sah, Shivendra Jha, Ashok Ayer, B. Yadav","doi":"10.18099/IJETV.V6I02.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18099/IJETV.V6I02.2","url":null,"abstract":"Organ transplantation is the only treatment option for the management of organ failure, and its success directly depends upon the balance between the demand and supply of the organs. However, the demand for organs far outpaces its supply. At the same time, most of the developed countries follow an altruistic way, which is organ donation with a will and without any form of benefit for organ supply. Thus, it can be seen that legally all who are involved in organ transplantation get some form of benefits except organ donors. Donating a vital portion of the body by putting at lifelong risk, just for the sake of altruism, can neither justify ethically nor help to meet the increased demand for organs. Ultimately this gives rise to the incident of organ trafficking in order to meet the organ demand. This research is done to know the perception of the healthcare professionals of the tertiary-care center of eastern Nepal regarding organ trafficking.","PeriodicalId":133130,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ETHICS, TRAUMA & VICTIMOLOGY","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114597472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}