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For every story of optimism about the growth of medical tourism to India, there are multiple others about medical neglect. Scratch the surface and you find a thick layer of corruption in this life-sustaining sector. This hard-hitting volume shows a mirror to the society and, more specifically, to those associated with the health sector---on how healers, in many cases, are shifting shape to becoming predators. In the essays by contributors from within and outside the medical fraternity, we see the many faces, the many facets of corruption---from exorbitant billing by corporate hospitals to the non-merit-based selection in medical colleges to the questionable motives playing strong in the area of organ transplantation. But Healers or Predators? is not only about the illness affecting the sector. It also offers solutions, and some stories of hope. The Foreword by Amartya Sen is an added bonus.

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Author:   Dr Samiran Nundy (Emeritus Consultant, Emeritus Consultant, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi) ,  Mr Keshav Desiraju (Chairman, Chairman, Population Foundation of India) ,  Dr Sanjay Nagral (Consultant Surgeon, Consultant Surgeon, Jaslok Hospital)
Publisher:   OUP India
Imprint:   OUP India
Dimensions:   Width: 14.70cm , Height: 5.30cm , Length: 22.70cm
Weight:   0.774kg
ISBN:  

9780199489541

ISBN 10:   0199489548
Pages:   592
Publication Date:   23 August 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword by Amartya Sen Introduction Section I: Background 1. The Structural Basis of Corruption in Healthcare in India Ritu Priya and Prachinkumar Ghodajkar 2. Socio-Logic of Corruption Shiv Vishvanathan 3. The Commodification of India's Healthcare Services: Public Interest, Policy and Costly Choices Kaveri Gill 4. Globalization and Corruption in the Health Sector Amit Sengupta Section II: Corruption in Practice 5. The Role of the Medical Council of India Sunil K. Pandya 6. Malpractice in Medical Education Avinash Supe and Soumendra Saho 7. Corruption in Everyday Medical Practice M.K. Mani 8. Hospital Practices and Healthcare Corruption Sumit Ray 9. Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation Vinay Kumaran 10. The Public Sector and Corruption in Health Services S.V. Nadkarni 11. The Unholy Nexus: Pharmaceutical Companies-Medical Profession-Regulatory Authorities S. Srinivasan 12. People in Small Places Don't Face Small Problems Yogesh Jain 13. Healthcare Corruption and Traditional Medicine in India Kavita Narayan 14. Healthcare Corruption: A Consumer's View Rema Nagarajan 15. Corruption in Medical Research-Clinical Trials, Research Misconduct, Journals, and Their Interplay Sanjay Pai 16. Corruption in Healthcare: A Technology Perspective M.S. Valiathan Section III: Morals, Politics, Legal Issues, and Consequences 17. Degradation of Our Spiritual, Ethical, and Moral Heritage: A Personal Perspective V.I. Mathan 18. The Moral Pathology of Healthcare Corruption Abhijit Chowdhury 19. The Consequences of Corruption in Healthcare George Thomas 20. Judicial and Legislative Responses to Healthcare Corruption Arghya Sengupta and Dhvani Mehta Section IV: We Are Not Alone 21. Global Medical Corruption: It is Time for Individuals to Act Where Institutions have Failed David Berger 22. Bangladesh: Great Mysteries In Global Health Masked In Corruption Mohd Khairul Islam 23. Business Corruption of Personalities: The Case of Sri Lanka Harendra de Silva 24. Corruption in the Healthcare System of Pakistan Shershah Syed Section V: Governance and Healthcare Corruption 25. Patient-Centric Healthcare: Through Institutional Regulation Meeta and Rajiv Lochan 26. Regulating Healthcare Establishments: The Case of the Clinical Establishment Act, 2010 Sunil Nandraj 27. Can Digital Technology Help Curb Healthcare Corruption? Surajit Nundy 28. Healthcare Corruption: Responses from People's Health Movements Abhay Shukla 29. Evidence-Based Interventions for Healthcare Corruption Rakhal Gaitonde Section VI: Personal Views 30. My Battle with Medical Corruption Kunal Saha 31. What Should We Do? Farokh Erach Udwadia 32. Means and Ends Ratna Magotra Section VII: Major Scandals 33. The Justice Lentin Commission of Enquiry: A Case Study---Laying Bare Malaise and Corruption in the Health System Rupa Chinai 34. Vyapam Sandhya Srinivasan Section VIII: Beacons of Hope 35. Developing a Health and Social Care System for Homeless People with Mental Illness: Key Messages from The Banyan Experience in Tamil Nadu, India Lakshmi Narasimhan, Nisha Vinayak, Kishore Kumar, and Vandana Gopikumar 36. Christian Medical College, Vellore Sunil Chandy 37. Challenges to Holding a Candle against Corruption G.D. Ravindran 38. Changing the Paradigm: The Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram S.P. Kalantri 39. Experience with Health Worker-based Medical Programmes Binayak Sen 40. In All Honesty Amrita Patel 41. Palliative Care Shows the Way to True Health M.G. Rajagopal Conclusion About the Editors and Contributors

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Healers or Predators, is not just timely, but also very appropriate. ... It covers a wide canvas: from the flaws in the Medical Council of India, to moral, ethical and societal questions affecting the medical profession, and the regulatory framework applicable to various aspects of the industry. Hence the book is best used as a reference or text book. * Sumit Ghoshal, Business India Magazine *

Author Information

Samiran Nundy is Emeritus Consultant, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi. He has published extensively, with his most recent work being Complications after Gastrointestinal Surgery (co-edited; OUP 2017). Keshav Desiraju is a former Union Health Secretary, Government of India. He is currently Chairman, Population Foundation of India. Sanjay Nagral is Consultant Surgeon, Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai, and Honorary Surgeon, KB Bhabha Municipal General Hospital, Mumbai. He is the publisher of the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics.

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