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Analyzing power in health systems: the case of medical dominance in India

Author: Kabir Sheikh

Published in: BMC Proceedings | Special Issue 5/2012

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Power underpins relationships between different actors in health systems and is exercised (or resisted, or subverted) directly by way of coercion and inducement, or indirectly by controlling the ideas and environments that influence other actors to make decisions. Increasingly, abuse and misuse of power have been implicated as key determinants of poor health systems performance in low-income contexts. However the ephemeral nature of power makes it a difficult subject to study, as do the political connotations of such analysis. …

Title: Analyzing power in health systems: the case of medical dominance in India
Author: Kabir Sheikh
Publication date: 01-09-2012
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: BMC Proceedings / Issue Special Issue 5/2012
Electronic ISSN: 1753-6561
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1753-6561-6-S5-O6

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