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Mike Shepperdson
ISBN: 9781856280365
Format: Hardback
Publisher:Ashgate Publishing Group
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This is primarily a study of the effects of India's political economy on the health of its rural population. The empirical data is mainly based on four month's fieldwork, surveying the income and health of 102 households and interviewing over 50 local medical practitioners.
This is primarily a study of the effects of India's political economy on the health of its rural population. The empirical data is mainly based on four month's fieldwork in a village 40 miles from Lucknow, in Uttar Pradesh. The fieldwork included a survey of the income and health of 102 households; physical measurement of nearly 500 villagers; "participant observation" of the village and of the nearby Primary Health Centre; and interviews with over 50 local medical practitioners, users of a variety of medical systems.
| ISBN | 1856280365 | | DEWEY edition | DC20 | | ISBN13 | 9781856280365
(What's this?) | | Pages | 514 | | Publisher | Ashgate Publishing Group | | Volumes | 001 | | Imprint | Avebury | | Weight (grammes) | 800 | | Format | Hardback | | Published in | Aldershot | | Publication date | 06 Apr 1995 | | Height (mm) | 219 | | Library of Congress | RA771.7.I4 | | Width (mm) | 153 | | DEWEY | 339.20954 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly |
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| | | Tables | | | | | | Maps and figures | | | | 1 | | Health Theories and Inequalities | | 1 | | 2 | | Power, Income Distribution and Health in India | | 29 | | 3 | | Politics and Health in Uttar Pradesh | | 83 | | 4 | | A Village in Central Uttar Pradesh | | 147 | | 5 | | The Pradhan and His Family | | 198 | | 6 | | The Economy of the Village | | 232 | | 7 | | Health of Villagers | | 315 | | 8 | | Health Inequalities in the Village | | 351 | | 9 | | Conclusion and Summary: Political Economy and Health Inequalities | | 402 | | | | Acknowledgements | | 455 | | | | Bibliography | | 456 | | | | Index, glossary and acronyms | | 478 |
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