Challenges to Public Healthcare in India / Bijosh M B.

includes index and biblioraphy

Chapter 0ne Public healthcare in india: General understanding Introduction ........7 Meaning of the term health .....8 The concept of healthcare .....10 Public healthcare and private healthcare ......11 Healthcare in india: Historical background .......11 Determinants of health ......16 Systems of medicines in india .....18 Public healthcare in india-organizations .....20 Public healthcare infrastructure in india .......22 Healthcare professionals ........25 Medical education in india ........26 Areas of public healthcare .....28 Healthcasre insurance ......33 Public-private partnership in healthcare ......33 Conclusion .....34 Chapter two Public healthcare in india: Challenges and unethical practices Introduction ......37 Paradox in healthcare in india ......38 Basic threats to public healthcare in india ....40 Quality of healthcare: Public healthware versus private healthcare .....41 Disparity in access to public healthcare service .....43 Rising cost of healthcare ......46 Shortage of medical professionals ....48 Inadequate medical filtering and referral system ......50 Limited updating to new technologies and medical factilities .....51 Healthcare insurance coverage and misuses ....52 Corruption bribery and informal payments ....54 Unnecessary tests, treatments and surgeries ......54 Recruitment of human subjects for medical researches .....55 Misuse of transplantation and organ trade .....56 Bio pharmaceutical industry .....58 Biomedical education .....60 Challenges faced by nurses and supporting staff ....62 Healthcare as an industry and medical tourism .....63 Chapter three Puplic healthcare in india: An ethical appraisal Introduction .......67 Scriptul understanding of human life ......68 Magisterial understanding of human life .......72 Scriptural understanding of health and healthcare ....75 An ethic of healthcare .....79 Catholic church and public healthcare in india .....93 Conclusion ......98