Equity and Access: Health Care Studies in India

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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)

Equity and Access

Health Care Studies in India

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)

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OUP India
14 July 2018

Physical anthropology & ethnography; Personal & public health; Medical sociology

Series: Oxford India Studies in Contemporary Society

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.

Edited by: 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)
Series edited by: Sujata Patel (Professor Department of Sociology Professor Department of Sociology University of Hyderabad India)
Imprint: OUP India
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 148mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 598g
ISBN: 9780199482160
ISBN 10: 0199482160
Series: Oxford India Studies in Contemporary Society
Pages: 408
Publication Date: 14 July 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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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