title: Residents' strikes on policy issues.
abstract: Strikes by residents or medical students have become fairly common and the new trend is to resort to strikes to protest matters concerning health policies. This article discusses the justification for and the ethical issues involved in these strike actions. Mechanisms to prevent such strikes are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. docvishalsharma@gmail.com
authors.forename: Vishal
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Sourabh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aggarwal
mesh_terms: D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012923:Social Class; D013317:Strikes, Employee / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*