Healthcare in Post-Independence India

This book analyses the development of private healthcare in post-Independence Kolkata, India, and the rapid expansion of private nursing homes and hospitals from a historical and sociological perspective- for academics in the field of medical sociology, history of medicine and health and development studies and South Asian Studies.

Amrita Bagchi is Assistant Professor in the Department of History, Bethune College, India.

Preface and Acknowledgement; Introduction; 1: Promises and Commitments: The Development of Healthcare Policies and Plans in Independent India; 2: Changing Paradigm in Health Sector (Plans, Policies and Reports): Mid-1980s to 2000s; 3: Public Health Sector and the Development of Nursing Homes in an Eastern Indian Metropolis: From Independence to late 1990s; 4: Causes behind the changing profile of Private Health Care Sector; 5: The Metamorphosis of Private Healthcare; Conclusion