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Sci-hub and ethics

Sci-hub and ethics

1 - VS Shares
Ethics can be ever so confusing! The black and white areas are in writing, or taught to us as we grow, but it is the grey areas that cause an issue. Your child is hungry. You have no money to feed her. You steal food for her. Is that a correct act? Legally, stealing is stealing and is wrong. Ethically we could argue that the intention was to appease a child’s hunger, and the stealing is understandable. You are taking an examination for an important degree after having studied hard. A classmate sitting behind you manages to copy all your…
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World Cancer Day

World Cancer Day

7 - International Days
4th February-World Cancer Day is an initiative of Union for International Cancer Control, a major torchbearer working towards initiatives to integrate cancer control into the world's health and development agenda. At the crux of this is the faith that diagnosis, treatment, and care should be available for all, irrespective of their bearings. On this day, we at QMed celebrate this initiative by bringing your attention, as health workers, to a range of articles on the topic - available in PubMed
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LitCovid by the NLM – track the COVID-19 literature

LitCovid by the NLM – track the COVID-19 literature

2 - Do you know
LitCovid is a curated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus. It is the most comprehensive resource on the subject, providing a central access to a huge and every growing list of  relevant articles in PubMed. The articles are updated daily and are further categorized by different research topics and geographic locations for improved access. The categorization ranges from transmission and diagnosis to forecasting. The data can be downloaded too - as bibliographic records of articles and even the text and data. A treasure for anyone doing research on Covid Thanks to Pamela Sieving for sharing…
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