Biomedicine, healing and modernity in rural Bangladesh
Dublin Core
Title
Biomedicine, healing and modernity in rural Bangladesh
Author
Shah, Md. Faruk
Publisher
Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020
Place of Publication
Singapore: Singapore
No. of Pages
323 p.
Language
English
Primary Classification
9.1
Secondary Classification
9.1; 9.8
Primary keywords
health care delivery [pri]; quality of health care [pri]; rural population [pri]
Secondary keywords
culture; drug industry; private sector; public health; public policy; public sector; social class; socioeconomic factors; vulnerable population
Subject
Bangladesh
Note
Copyright: The Author, under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Primary Document Type
b
Table Of Contents
Introduction -- 2. The Public Health Care Bureaucracy: Narratives fro mRural Clinics -- 3. Public Health Care Centres: Policies and Practice -- 4. Private Health Care, Quality and Corruption -- 5. Biomedicine and Modernity: The Case of the "Village Doctors" -- 6. Pharmaceutical Promotion, Quality and Governance -- 7. Gendered Politics of Modernity: Family Planning and Reproductive Health -- 8. Conclusion: Local Biomedicine, Structural Violence and Social Inequality
Call Number
RA771.7.B3 S53 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographic references and index
ISBN
ISBN 9789813291423
ISBN 9789813291430 (e-book)
ISBN 9789813291430 (e-book)
Collection
Citation
“Biomedicine, healing and modernity in rural Bangladesh,” Islamic Medical & Scientific Ethics, accessed January 16, 2025, https://imse.ibp.georgetown.domains/items/show/38157.