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Equity and Access attempts to unravel the complex narrative of why inequities in the health sector are growing and access to basic health care is worsening, and the underlying forces that contribute to this situation. It draws attention to the way globalization has influenced India’s development trajectory as healthcare issues have assumed significant socio-economic and political significance in contemporary India. The volume explains how state and market ...
Violence, health professions and services are intimately related. Violence produces physical and psychosocial trauma severely affecting health. Survivors of violence almost invariably come in contact with the health system, those injured seek health care and those who die undergo post mortem. Caring for survivors, medical records and forensic reports are crucial elements not only of health care but also for investigating violence and getting justice. And yet, ...