Public Health and Private Wealth Stem Cells, Surrogates, and Other Strategic Bodies.

by Hodges, Sarah; Rao, Mohan

• ISBN13: 9780199463374
• ISBN10: 0199463379
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2016-04-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Sarah Hodges, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Warwick,Mohan Rao, Professor, the Centre of Social Medicine, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Sarah Hodges is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Warwick, UK.

Mohan Rao is Professor at the Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health (CSMCH), School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction: Science, Technology and Medicine in India: The problem of poverty
Sarah Hodges and Mohan Rao
Part 1: The quest for improvement
1.Colonial Poverty: Nutrition, disease and the problem of the poor
David Arnold
2.Tubercular Optics: Health, techno-science and the obfuscation of poverty
Lakshmi Kutty
3.Surveillance for Equity? Poverty, inequality and the anti-politics of family planning
Rebecca Williams
Part 2: Indias Hospitals: For whom?
4.Globalisation and the Health of a Megacity: The case of Mumbai
Ramila Bisht and Altaf Virani
5.Commericalisation and the poverty of public health services in India
Rama Baru
6.It all changed after Apollo and other corporate hospital myths
Sarah Hodges
Part 3: National Techno-science and Promising Bodies
7. The Globalization of Reproduction in India: From population control to surrogacy
Mohan Rao
8. Biotechnology in India: Catalyst for a knowledge era?
Priya Ranjan
9. Stem Cell Research and Experimentation in India: Leveraging hope for global prominence
Rohini Kandhari
10. Mainstreaming Indigenous Knowledge: Genealogy of a metaconcept
Dhruv Raina
Notes on Editors and Contributors
Index