Healthcare in Post-Independence India - Kolkata and the Crisis of Private Healthcare Services

This book analyses the development of private healthcare in post-Independence Kolkata, India, and the rapid expansion of private nursing homes and hospitals from a historical and sociological perspective- for academics in the field of medical sociology, history of medicine and health and development studies and South Asian Studies.

List of contents

Preface and Acknowledgement; Introduction; 1: Promises and Commitments: The Development of Healthcare Policies and Plans in Independent India; 2: Changing Paradigm in Health Sector (Plans, Policies and Reports): Mid-1980s to 2000s; 3: Public Health Sector and the Development of Nursing Homes in an Eastern Indian Metropolis: From Independence to late 1990s; 4: Causes behind the changing profile of Private Health Care Sector; 5: The Metamorphosis of Private Healthcare; Conclusion

About the author

Amrita Bagchi is Assistant Professor in the Department of History, Bethune College, India.

Summary

This book analyses the development of private healthcare in post-Independence Kolkata, India, and the rapid expansion of private nursing homes and hospitals from a historical and sociological perspective- for academics in the field of medical sociology, history of medicine and health and development studies and South Asian Studies.

Product details

• Authors: Amrita Bagchi
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.08.2024
• EAN: 9780367770327
• ISBN: 978-0-367-77032-7
• No. of pages: 202
• Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Health systems & services, Health systems and services, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, indian edition