Readings in Indian Sociology : Volume IV: Sociology of Health.

Cover -- Contents -- Series Note -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 - Sociological Inroads into Medicine: A Tribute to Aneeta A. Minocha (1943-2007) -- 2 - Food: The Immanent Cause from Outside-Medical Lore on Food and Health in Village Tamil Nadu -- 3 - State Sponsored Health Care in Rural Uttar Pradesh: Grassroots Encounters of a Survey Researcher -- 4 - Gram Panchayat and Health Care Delivery in Himachal Pradesh -- 5 - Occupational Attitudes of Physicians -- 6 - The System of Hope: The Constitution of Identity in Medical Institutions -- 7 - Voice of Illness and Voice of Medicine in Doctor-Patient Interaction -- 8 - Narratives of Sickness and Suffering: A Study of Malaria in South Gujarat -- 9 - Caste Variations in Reproductive Health Status of Women: A Study of Three Eastern States -- 10 - Informal Social Networks, Sonography and Female Foeticide in India -- 11 - Perception and Work Ethos of Medical Experts Dealing with Infertile Couples: A Study in Medical Sociology -- 12 - 'Correcting' the Reproductive 'Impairment': Infertility Treatment Seeking Experiences of Low Income Group Women in Mumbai Slums -- 13 - Risk Culture, Propertied Classes, and Dynamics of aRegion: A Study of HIV/AIDSin East Godavari District(Andhra Pradesh) -- 14 - Prison Inmate Awarenessof HIV and AIDS in Durban, South Africa -- 15 - Medicalisation of Mental Disorder: Shifting Epistemologies and Beyond -- 16 - 'Indigenisation' Not'Indianisation' of Psychiatry:An Anthropological Perspective -- Index -- About the Editor and Contributors -- Appendix of Sources.

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