'Money itself discriminates': Obstetric emergencies in the time of liberalisation

Contributions to Indian Sociology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-91

  Jeffery, Patricia ^a   Jeffery, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; CIVIL RIGHTS; CIVIL SOCIETY; HEALTH CARE; LIBERALIZATION; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; VILLAGE;

ASIA; BIJNOR; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 51649113972     PISSN: 00699667     EISSN: 09730648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/006996670704200104     Document Type: Article

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