Book review: Healthcare in Post‐Independence India: Kolkata and the Crisis of Private Healthcare Services. By A. Bagchi, Abingdon: Routledge, 2023. 201 pp. £38.99. ISBN: 978‐0‐367‐77032 (pbk)

Calnan, Michael .W. (2025) Book review: Healthcare in Post‐Independence India: Kolkata and the Crisis of Private Healthcare Services. By A. Bagchi, Abingdon: Routledge, 2023. 201 pp. £38.99. ISBN: 978‐0‐367‐77032 (pbk). Review of: Healthcare in Post‐Independence India: Kolkata and the Crisis of Private Healthcare Services by Bagchi, A.. Sociology of Health and Illness, 47 (8). e70098. ISSN 0141-9889. (doi:10.1111/1467-9566.70098) (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:111514)

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Abstract

This research monograph focuses on the emergence and growth of the private healthcare sector. It is suggested that India has probably the largest private healthcare sector in the world (p129). The major focus of the analysis is Kolkata and the associated region, on the grounds that it has been neglected in research of this kind, at least compared with the other large metropolitan areas such as Mumbai. However, this analytical focus is placed within a wider Pan‐Indian context

Item Type:	Review
DOI/Identification number:	10.1111/1467-9566.70098
Uncontrolled keywords:	India; Private health care; privatisation; corporatisation
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Institutional Unit:	Schools > School of Social Sciences Schools > School of Social Sciences > Criminology, Philanthropy, Social Policy, Social Work, Sociology
Former Institutional Unit:	There are no former institutional units.
Depositing User:	Michael Calnan
Date Deposited:	07 Oct 2025 10:47 UTC
Last Modified:	08 Oct 2025 02:49 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/111514 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Calnan, Michael .W..

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