On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Eva Jansen <jansen....@web.de> wrote: > Dear all, > > I am new at silk list, my name is Eva Jansen, I am a German PhD student > writing on Naturopathy in South India. At the moment I am looking for > information about the legal consequences of medical practisioning basically > in Kerala but also in other South Indian states. I guess medical issues are > handled statewise but I am not so sure. Does anybody know a lawyer or > somebody else who can give me legal advice? > > I am happy about comments of any kind, > > Eva > >
Eva, First of all, Welcome. I am not an expert on the topic, but as part of our work (www.rtbi.in) we also do a lot of evaluation studies in Rural and Emerging markets for business models around healthcare. So there has been a bit of overlap with my work and this subject. When it comes to Medical practice in India, the IMA - Indian Medical Association - sets the rights and wrongs about what is acceptable and not. You can visit http://www.ima-india.org/ - and its obvious from the first thing on the website that going after illegal practitioners has become their foremost task :) They might have a local arm to get things done, but primarily this is the body that manages such decisions (Eg. Telemedicine is in a grey area of "Acceptable for now, for pilots" stage). They are a rather uptight organization though. Vijay -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Blog: www.vijayanand.name Twitter: www.twitter.com/vijayanands
