About the Book

Improving health status of people is a daunting challenge not only for the health practitioners but also for social scientists and activists. Economists, anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists and demographers have made significant contributions to understand health in its holistic sense and to develop better health care programmes. This edited volume provides a comprehensive understanding of health issues from socio-cultural perspectives. The articles in this volume, contributed by eminent social scientists, present rich source material on theoretical, empirical and interdisciplinary studies done in India, suggestive of the new ways of health care planning. The book should be a useful reading for those who are engaged in health research and action programmes.

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About the Author / Editor

Ajit K. Dalal is Professor of Psychology at the University of Allahabad. He has obtained D.Phil. degree from IIT, Kanpur. He was Fulbright Senior Fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles, UGC Career Awardee and ICSSR Senior Research Fellow. He was also a visiting faculty at the Queen’s University, Canada, National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi and Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

Subha Ray is Lecturer at the Department of Anthropology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata as J.R.F. (UGC) and got the doctoral degree from the University of Calcutta. He served the Department of Anthropology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad as lecturer for more than four years.

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