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

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TextPublication details: Oxford University Press 2016 New DelhiDescription: 283pISBN:

9780199463374

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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
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