Disinvesting in Health

The World Bank's Prescriptions for Health
1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-7619-9347-6
Verlag: SAGE Publications

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 399 g

Disinvesting in Health critically analyses the implications of the Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) adopted by India in the 1990's which advocates the reduction of state involvement in social sectors. This study focuses on implications for health policies and programmes in India.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rao, Mohan

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Präventivmedizin, Gesundheitsförderung, Medizinisches Screening
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Lebensqualitätsforschung (med.)
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - Mohan Rao The Political Economy of Structural Adjustment - Prabhat Patnaik A Note The Gentle Leviathan - Niraja Gopal Jayal Welfare and the Indian State The World Development Report 1993 - Imrana Qadeer The Brave New World of Primary Health Care Gender Implications of New Economic Policies - Nata Duvvury The Structural Adjustment Programme and the World Development Report 1993 - Mohan Rao Implications for Family Planning in India The Formulation of India's Health Policy - A K Shiva Kumar A Note on Equity Structural Adjustment and the Health Sector in India - K Seeta Prabhu The Structure and Utilisation of Health Services - Rama V Baru An Inter-State Analysis Infrastructure Development in Health Care and the Pharmaceutical Industry - Amit Sen Gupta Implications of the World Development Report 1993 The New Era of Growth - K R Nayar An Epitaph to the Environment Women's Empowerment and Health Experiences from Rajasthan - Arti Sawhney A Prescription for Health Disaster - N H Antia Limits to Technical Interventions in Health Care - K V Narayana An Analysis of Historical Experiences in Health Improvement Access to Health and the Burden of Treatment in India - T N Krishnan An Inter-State Comparison

Über Autor(innen)

Rao, Mohan
Mohan Rao is Professor at the Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He is a medical doctor, specialized in public health. He works on health and population policy, and the history and politics of health. His publications include From Population Control to Reproductive Health: Malthusian Arithmetic (2004), Disinvesting in Health: The World Bank’s Health Prescription (edited, 1999), and The Unheard Scream: Reproductive Health and Women’s Lives in India (edited, 2004).