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Medical maladies : stories of disease and cure from Indian languages by Haris Qadeer is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Ranging from the early 20th century stories to contemporary ones, the compendium includes pieces by canonical authors such as Tagore, Premchand, and Manto. This pioneering anthology brings together 19 fascinating short stories, translated into English from Indian languages--Assamese, Bengali, Hindi, Kashmiri, Marathi, Malayalam, Punjabi, Odia, and Urdu--demonstrating a spectrum of medical cultures in India. The thought-provoking and compelling stories address a wide array of themes and topics, including the individual and social crises during epidemics, medical pluralism, patient care, medical paternalism, disease-mongering, medicalization, and medical ethics, amongst others.Delineating a range of diseases, healing, and allied concerns in India, the stories depict modern medical professionals such as doctors, nurses, surgeons, as well as traditional practitioners such as vaids, hakims, kavirajs, quacks, and folk healers. A few of the stories also engage with aspects of women's mental and physical health, including pregnancy, childbirth, abortion, and depression.

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Author

Haris Qadeer

Publisher

Thornbird/Niyogi Books

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9789391125752

Category

nonfiction