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035 _a(OCoLC)on1046567144
035 _a(OCoLC)1046567144
037 _bLibrary of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office
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082 0 4 _a362.10954 NUN
245 0 0 _aHealers or Predators? :
_bHealthcare Corruption in India /
_cedited by Samiran Nundy, Keshav Desiraju, Sanjay Nagral ; with a foreword by Amartya Sen.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew Delhi, India :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2018.
300 _axxviii, 657 pages :
_billustrations (black and white) ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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338 _avolume
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505 _aContents: I. Background. The structural basis of corruption in healthcare in India; Socio-logic of corruption; The commodification of India's healthcare services : public interest, policy, and costly choices; Globalization and corruption in the health sector; II. Corruption in practice. The role of the medical council in India; Malpractice in medical education; Corruption in everyday medical practice; Hospital practices and healthcare corruption; Ethical issues in organ transplantation; The public sector and corruption in health services; The unholy nexus : medical profession, pharmaceutical companies, and regulatory authorities; People in small places don't face small problems; Healthcare corruption and traditional medicine in India; Healthcare corruption : a consumer view; Corruption in medical research : clinical trials, research misconduct, journals, and their interplay; Corruption in healthcare : a technology perspective; III. Morals, politics, legal issues, and consequences. Degradation of our spiritual, ethical, and moral heritage : a personal perspective; The moral pathology of healthcare corruption; The consequences of corruption in healthcare; Judicial and legislative response to healthcare; Judicial and legislative responses to healthcare corruption; IV. We are not alone. Global medical corruption : it is time for individuals to act where institutions have failed; Bangladesh : great mysteries in global health masked in corruption; Business corruption of personalities : the case of Sri Lanka; Corruption in the healthcare systems in Pakistan; V. Governance and healthcare corruption. Patient-centric healthcare : through institutional regulation; Regulating healthcare establishments : the case of the Clinical Establishment Act, 2010; Can digital technology help curb healthcare corruption; Healthcare corruption : responses from people's health movements; Evidence-based interventions for healthcare corruption; VI. Personal views. My battle with medical corruption; What should we do; Means and ends; VII. Major scandals. The justice Lentin Commission of enquiry : a case study; laying bare malaise and corruption in our health system; Vyapam; VIII. Beacons of hope. Developing a health and social care system for homeless people with mental illness : the banyan experience in Tami Nadu, India; Christian medical college, Vellore; Challenges to holding a candle against corruption; Changing the paradigm : the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram; Experience with health worker-based medical programmes; In all honesty; Palliative care shows the way to true health.
530 _aAlso issued online.
650 0 _aMedical care
_xCorrupt practices
_zIndia.
650 0 _aMedical ethics
_zIndia.
650 0 _aMedical policy
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650 7 _aMedical care
_xCorrupt practices.
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650 7 _aMedical ethics.
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650 7 _aMedical policy.
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651 7 _aIndia.
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700 1 _aNundy, S.,
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700 1 _aDesiraju, Keshav,
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700 1 _aNagral, Sanjay,
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