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

Health Beyond Medicine

Some Reflections on the Politics and Sociology of Health in India

By: Vikas Bajpai, Anoop Saraya

Paperback | 21 May 2026 | Edition Number 1

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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 matter of this book also includes:

The Play of Religion in the Delivery of Rural Health Care
Of the Relationship Between Population and Development
Pay for Performance Programmes in Health Care

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