Health Beyond Medicine: Some Reflections on the Politics and Sociology of Health in India

by Anoop Saraya and Vikas Bajpai

This book integrates the concept of healthcare with larger social determinants such as caste, class, gender, religion, and ethnicity. It presents a history of the development of health services, discusses the recommendations of the landmark report of the Bhore Committee that laid the foundations of the public health services in independent India, and traces the evolution of this system through social, economic, and political structures. The subject...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032902361
• ISBN13: 9781032902364
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"