Maladies, preventives, and curatives
Subtitle: debates in public health in India
By: edited by Amiya Kumar Bagchi, Krishna Soman.
Contributors: Bagchi, Amiya Kumar.; Soman, Krishna.
Publisher: Tulika Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
Description: Contributed seminar articles jointly organized by the Dept. of History, Calcutta University and the Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata on Oct. 2003.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Public health and nutrition : colonial history and current challenges / Amiya Kumar Bagchi and Krishna Soman; title: Kala-azar in Assam : British medical intervention and people's response / Achintya Mukar Dutta; title: "Cinchona" policy in British India : the critical early years / V.R. Muraleedharan; title: Perceptions of public health : a study in British India / Deepak Kumar; title: Press and the problem of medical relief in colonial Bengal, 1921-1947 / Kabita Ray; title: Continuities and discontinuities in public health : the Indian experience / Imrana Qadeer; title: Women's health movement in independent India / C. Sathyamala; title: The Indian pharmaceutical industry at the crossroads : implications for india's health care / Amit Ray; title: The population questions in West Bengal : in search of a women's perspective / Krishna Soman; title: Emerging nutritional trends in India and their implications / R. Radhakrishna and C. Ravi; title: Micronutrient malnutrition : some public health concerns / Dilip Mahalanabis.