Based on study of slums in India, the work dwells on the extent and depth of economic burden of ill-health, patterns of coping with illness including coping strategies and consequences of ill-health, that is, its impact on socio-economic life of slum-dwellers. Based on visits to slum-dwelling families in the city of Chandigarh, it covers a wide spectrum of issues that affect the life and health of the poor living in slums. The issues covered include nature of ...
