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Author:   Sarah Hodges (, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Warwick) ,  Mohan Rao (, Professor, the Centre of Social Medicine, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)
Publisher:   OUP India
Imprint:   OUP India
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.30cm
Weight:   0.472kg
ISBN:  

9780199463374

ISBN 10:   0199463379
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   December 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Acknowledgements; Introduction: Science, Technology and Medicine in India: The problem of poverty; Sarah Hodges and Mohan Rao; Part 1: The quest for improvement; 1.Colonial Poverty: Nutrition, disease and the problem of the poor; David Arnold; 2.Tubercular Optics: Health, techno-science and the obfuscation of poverty; Lakshmi Kutty; 3.Surveillance for Equity? Poverty, inequality and the anti-politics of family planning; Rebecca Williams; Part 2: Indias Hospitals: For whom?; 4.Globalisation and the Health of a Megacity: The case of Mumbai; Ramila Bisht and Altaf Virani; 5.Commericalisation and the poverty of public health services in India; Rama Baru; 6.It all changed after Apollo and other corporate hospital myths; Sarah Hodges; Part 3: National Techno-science and Promising Bodies; 7. The Globalization of Reproduction in India: From population control to surrogacy; Mohan Rao; 8. Biotechnology in India: Catalyst for a knowledge era?; Priya Ranjan; 9. Stem Cell Research and Experimentation in India: Leveraging hope for global prominence; Rohini Kandhari; 10. Mainstreaming Indigenous Knowledge: Genealogy of a metaconcept; Dhruv Raina; Notes on Editors and Contributors; Index

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Sarah Hodges is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Warwick, UK. Mohan Rao is Professor at the Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health (CSMCH), School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

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