Development and Public Health in the Himalaya - 9781138097889

Taylor & Francis

Development and Public Health in the HimalayaReflections on healing in contemporary Nepal\nAuthor(s): Ian Harper\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138097889, 978-1138097889\nSynopsis\nEngaging with a range of public health issues, this book charts important social and political transitions in Nepal through the lens of medicine and health development. It focuses on mission health care institutions, tuberculosis control programmes as a site of medical intervention, the \""pharmaceuticalization\"" of mental health and public health, and in relation to development ideologies the attempted creation of modern subjects and citizens to advance the health of the nation.\n\nBased on two decades of experience, both as a physician and public health professional and an anthropologist, the author presents these issues through four case studies of health programme intervention in a district in central Nepal to show the inter-rela.