Readings in indian sociology ; volume iv : sociology of health

Cover -- Contents -- Series Note -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 -- Sociological Inroads into Medicine: A Tribute to Aneeta A. Minocha (1943-2007) -- 2 -- Food: The Immanent Cause from Outside-Medical Lore on Food and Health in Village Tamil Nadu -- 3 -- State Sponsored Health Care in Rural Uttar Pradesh: Grassroots Encounters of a Survey Researcher -- 4 -- Gram Panchayat and Health Care Delivery in Himachal Pradesh -- 5 -- Occupational Attitudes of Physicians -- 6 -- The System of Hope: The Constitution of Identity in Medical Institutions -- 7 -- Voice of Illness and Voice of Medicine in Doctor-Patient Interaction -- 8 -- Narratives of Sickness and Suffering: A Study of Malaria in South Gujarat -- 9 -- Caste Variations in Reproductive Health Status of Women: A Study of Three Eastern States -- 10 -- Informal Social Networks, Sonography and Female Foeticide in India -- 11 -- Perception and Work Ethos of Medical Experts Dealing with Infertile Couples: A Study in Medical Sociology -- 12 -- 'Correcting' the Reproductive 'Impairment': Infertility Treatment Seeking Experiences of Low Income Group Women in Mumbai Slums -- 13 -- Risk Culture, Propertied Classes, and Dynamics of aRegion: A Study of HIV/AIDSin East Godavari District(Andhra Pradesh) -- 14 -- Prison Inmate Awarenessof HIV and AIDS in Durban, South Africa -- 15 -- Medicalisation of Mental Disorder: Shifting Epistemologies and Beyond -- 16 -- 'Indigenisation' Not'Indianisation' of Psychiatry:An Anthropological Perspective -- Index -- About the Editor and Contributors -- Appendix of Sources. Sociology of Health, contains empirical and theoretical articles that apply sociological concepts and methods to the understanding of health and illness and the organization of medicine and healthcare. Further the articles also try to explore the understanding of the process by which social practices and human health are related.