{"product_id":"healers-or-predators-healthcare-corruption-in-india-hardcover","title":"Healers or Predators?: Healthcare Corruption in India - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSamiran Nundy\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKeshav Desiraju\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSanjay Nagral\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut \u003cem\u003eHealers or Predators?\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSamiran Nundy, \u003cem\u003eEmeritus Consultant, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi\u003c\/em\u003e, Keshav Desiraju, \u003cem\u003eChairman, Population Foundation of India\u003c\/em\u003e, Sanjay Nagral, \u003cem\u003eConsultant Surgeon, Jaslok Hospital\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSamiran Nundy\u003c\/strong\u003e is Emeritus Consultant, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi. He has published extensively, with his most recent work being \u003cem\u003eComplications after Gastrointestinal Surgery\u003c\/em\u003e (co-edited; OUP 2017).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKeshav Desiraju\u003c\/strong\u003e is a former Union Health Secretary, Government of India. He is currently Chairman, Population Foundation of India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSanjay Nagral\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eIndian Journal of Medical Ethics\u003c\/em\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 592\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.2 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 05, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48596960674041,"sku":"9780199489541","price":34.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/iuvqRBdHB9780199489541.webp?v=1782512506","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/healers-or-predators-healthcare-corruption-in-india-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}