Public health and the poverty of reforms : the South Asian predicament /
Qadeer, Imrana
Public health and the poverty of reforms : the South Asian predicament / editors Imrana Qadeer, Kasturi Sen, K.R. Nayar. - New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2001. - 547 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
`The book provides wide-ranging data and direct experience from people working in academic, health service, community and other institutions across a number of South Asian countries' - Rene Loewenson, Global Social Policy.
This edited volume seeks to understand the myriad factors responsible for the poor state of public health in South Asia. Given the paucity of data and documentation on health sector reforms in the subcontinent, this is a valuable collection that blends theoretical critiques of health sector reforms with micro and macro data to offer fresh insights into issues of public health.
Includes bibliographical references.
0761995188 (USHb)
00051557
Public health--South Asia.
Health care reform--South Asia.
Structural adjustment (Economic policy)--South Asia.
Primary health care--South Asia.
RA541.S64 / P82 2001
362.1/0954
Public health and the poverty of reforms : the South Asian predicament / editors Imrana Qadeer, Kasturi Sen, K.R. Nayar. - New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2001. - 547 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
`The book provides wide-ranging data and direct experience from people working in academic, health service, community and other institutions across a number of South Asian countries' - Rene Loewenson, Global Social Policy.
This edited volume seeks to understand the myriad factors responsible for the poor state of public health in South Asia. Given the paucity of data and documentation on health sector reforms in the subcontinent, this is a valuable collection that blends theoretical critiques of health sector reforms with micro and macro data to offer fresh insights into issues of public health.
Includes bibliographical references.
0761995188 (USHb)
00051557
Public health--South Asia.
Health care reform--South Asia.
Structural adjustment (Economic policy)--South Asia.
Primary health care--South Asia.
RA541.S64 / P82 2001
362.1/0954