Mainstreaming Ayurveda

ISBN-13: 9781032662558 / Twarda / 2024 / 224 str.

Sharmistha Mallick

Opis

This book brings concepts, practices of Ayurveda and its interface with modern health care set up in Delhi, India. It presents a new conceptual framework in studying public health in India, offers policy recommendations and outlines the challenges of mainstreaming of alternative medical systems in India.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Mainstreaming Ayurveda in Independent India: A Review of Policies And Committee 2. Fitting into Mainstreaming: Ayurveda in Delhi Government Institutionsn 3. Ayurvedic Doctors in Public Health Hospitals: Perceptions, Practices and Relations 4. Sarkari Ayurveda in Sarkari Hospital: 'Choices' For Patients Conclusion      

O autorze

Sharmistha Mallick is currently teaching as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, Kamala Nehru College, University of Delhi. Her areas ofspecialisations include Medical Anthropology, Sociology of Health and Medicine. She has published her articles with Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine and IIAS Newsletter. She has been part of the ICSSR Major research project and has been actively engaged in teaching, curriculum enrichment and development at the undergraduate level at University of Delhi.