The historical sociology of medicine in India: Introduction to the special section.

Autor: Jeffery R; Sociology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK., Jones DS; History of Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA., Kumbhar K; History of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Sociology of health & illness [Sociol Health Illn] 2024 Jun; Vol. 46 (5), pp. 791-794. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 28.
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.13737
Abstrakt: This introduction to a special section brings together three papers first presented at a panel, 'Medical Professions in South Asia: Historical and Contemporary Analyses', at the 26th European Conference on South Asian Studies, held in Vienna, Austria and online, in July 2021. All three papers deal with aspects of the professionalisation of biomedical doctors in India since its independence in 1947. The authors bring together historical and sociological approaches to illuminate the growth of specialisms, patterns of practitioner-patient interactions and efforts to maintain occupational closure and maintain status in the face of growing challenges. The introduction concludes with a discussion of the relevance of these papers for the sociology of health and illness in India and beyond.
(© 2023 The Author. Journal compilation © 2023 Foundation for the Sociology of Health & Illness/Blackwell Publishing Ltd.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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