Colonial medical care in North India: gender, state, and society, c. 1830-1920

This book shows how medical care was introduced, expanded, and funded by the colonial state. Intent on limiting medical expenditure, the colonial state created a medical infrastructure with regional and rural-urban disparities in access to medical care, with an over-reliance on the private and volun...

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Main Author: Sehrawat, Samiksha 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Delhi [u.a.] Oxford Univ Press 2014
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Summary:This book shows how medical care was introduced, expanded, and funded by the colonial state. Intent on limiting medical expenditure, the colonial state created a medical infrastructure with regional and rural-urban disparities in access to medical care, with an over-reliance on the private and voluntary sectors. For the first time, this book analyses medical care for both male and female patients, examining Dufferin Fund hospitals and hospitals for Indian soldiers
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:9780199082773
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198096603.001.0001

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