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Despite significant advances in medical knowledge and profession in India, health care scenario continues to present exacerbated inequality, discrimination and inaccessibility to a large majority of the people. This volume attempts to unravel the complex and tense narrative of why inequities in the health sector are growing and access to basic health care is worsening. What are the underlying forces that contribute to this situation? The book prominently brings into discussion the sharpening health inequalities in the last two decades to draw attention to the way globalization has influenced India's development trajectory. It also explains how state and market forces have progressively heightened the iniquitous health care system and the process through which substantial burden of meeting health care needs fell on the individuals and households, impacting different classes, castes, gender and other categories. While there are numerous research studies on aspects of health care, there is no single volume that captures health equity or inequity across the sectors in health. Seventeen original papers in this volume written by scholars from social sciences, medical sciences, public health, policy makers, health activists, legal experts, gender specialists contributes to a new field `health care studies'. The volume adopts an interdisciplinary approach within a broader political economy framework. This theoretical frame is useful to understand power relations within social groups and complex organizational systems. The importance of this volume also lies more in its timeliness as it engages with the issues of health inequities as part of a global conversation.
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Author: Purendra Prasad (Professor, Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad) , Amar Jesani (Independent Researcher and Editor, Independent Researcher and Editor, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics) , Sujata Patel (Professor, Department of Sociology, Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad, India)
Publisher: OUP India
Imprint: OUP India
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Width: 14.80cm
, Height: 3.30cm
, Length: 21.50cm
Weight: 0.598kg
ISBN: 9780199482160
ISBN 10: 0199482160
Pages: 408
Publication Date: 28 June 2018
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Table of Contents
List of Tables and Figures Introduction : Health Inequities in India : The Larger Dimensions N Purendra Prasad Section I: State, Market, and Health Care 1. State, Community, and Primary Health Care: Disempowering Discourses? Ritu Priya 2. Health Care Reforms: Do they Ensure Social Protection for the Working Poor N Purendra Prasad 3. Medical Industrial Complex: Trends in Corporatisation of Health Services Rama V Baru. 4. Social Roots of Medical Education Neha Madhiwalla 5. Medical Education and Basic Health Care: Forging Connections Anand Zacharaiah Section II: Pharmaceuticals and Experimentation 6. Globalization, Intellectual Property Rights, and Pharmaceuticals Amit Sengupta. 7. Access to Pharmaceuticals: Role of State, Industry, and Market S Srinivasan and Malini Aisola 8. Structure, Organization, and Knowledge Production of Clinical Trial Industry Roger Jeffery, Gerard Porter, Salla Sariola, Amar Jesani, and Deapica Ravindran 9. Body as `Resource' in Surrogacy and Bio-medical Research: New Frontiers and Dilemmas Sarojini Nadimpally and Vrinda Marwah. Section III: Equity Issues in Health Care - Gender, Caste, Disability and Violence 10. Health, Disability, and Equity: Conversation Among Bodies, Discourses, and Law Renu Addlakha. 11. Caste, Class, and Gender on the Margins of the State: An Ethnographic Study Among Community Health Workers Madhumita Biswal 12. Legitimising Violence: A Narrative of Sexual Health Asima Jena 13. Addressing Violence Against Women as a Health Care Issue: Perceptions and Approaches Sangeeta Rege and Padma Deosthali. Section IV: Right to Health and Universal Health Strategies 14. Universal Health Coverage: How Viable? K Srinath Reddy and Manu Raj Mathur 15. Kerala's Early Experience: Moving towards Universal Health Coverage Sunil Nandraj and Devaki Nambiar 16. A Financing Strategy for Universal Access to Health Care: Maharashtra Model Ravi Duggal. 17. The Right to Health: A Contested Journey Kajal Bharadwaj, Veena Johari and Vivek Divan Index About the Editors and Contributors
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N Purendra Prasad is Professor at the department of sociology and has been working at University of Hyderabad since 2000. His research interests include political economy of health, agrarian studies, development and urban studies. He is on the academic and ethical advisory boards of several universities and institutions in India. Amar Jesani is an independent consultant - researcher and teacher - in bioethics and public health. He is one of the founders of the Forum for Medical Ethics Society and its journal, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics (IJME) and is presently its editor. He is also one of the founding trustees of the Anusandhan Trust, which manages the health research institute, CEHAT (Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes) in Mumbai, and the health action institute, SATHI in Pune since 2010.
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