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

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Amrita Bagchi

Healthcare in Post-Independence India

Kolkata and the Crisis of Private Healthcare Services

Amrita Bagchi

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English

Routledge
26 August 2024

Regional studies; Ethnic studies; Health systems & services

Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

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. It offers an examination of the changing pattern of the entire health care sector, which over recent decades has transformed itself to a profit-making commodity.

The book explores the complexities of the health care services in Kolkata with special emphasis on the emergence, growth, role and the changing pattern of private health care organisations and the decline or degeneration of the services of public hospitals. Post-1947 India experienced the implementation of new developments in public health services, amongst others vertical programmes, primary health centers, family planning welfare programmes and community health volunteers. Examining the challenges in establishing a comprehensive health service system and the process of market forces in health care, the author investigates its linkages with policies of the welfare state.

This book will be of interest to academics in the field of medical sociology, history of medicine and health and development studies and South Asian Studies.

By: Amrita Bagchi
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 394g
ISBN: 9780367770327
ISBN 10: 0367770326
Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
Pages: 202
Publication Date: 26 August 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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