Contextuality of Healthcare Choices in Pakistan (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Nazir, Saman

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Contextuality of Healthcare Choices in Pakistan analyzes the contextual factors shaping healthcare decision-making in Pakistan. Divided into three thematic areas-contextuality of healthcare choices, power dynamics and the health of the marginalized, and emerging challenges and healthcare response-the book explores the complex interplay of social, cultural, and institutional influences on health-seeking behaviors. The book examines the nuanced fabric of healthcare decision-making in Pakistan through a series of nine meticulously crafted chapters. From the influence of geography and social context on health-related choices to the power dynamics inherent in patient-doctor interactions, each chapter offers valuable insights into the myriad factors shaping individuals' healthcare decisions. Moreover, the book sheds light on overlooked aspects of healthcare decision-making, including the experiences of marginalized communities such as the transgender population and individuals seeking mental healthcare. Drawing on diverse theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence, this book challenges simplistic notions of healthcare decision-making as solely individual and rational. Instead, it argues for a comprehensive understanding of how communal, social, and institutional factors intersect to shape health-seeking behaviors. By illuminating the contextual complexities inherent in healthcare decision-making, this book offers invaluable insights for researchers, policymakers, healthcare professionals, and the wider public interested in understanding and improving healthcare outcomes in Pakistan.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781666962727
• Artikelnr.: 74939241

Autorenporträt

Saman Nazir is senior researcher at the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE).

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Foreword, by Sara Rizvi Jafree
Acknowledgments
Introduction, by Saman Nazir
Section I. Contextually of Healthcare Choices
Chapter 1. Reflecting with Bourdieu: Understanding Healthcare Choices in
Pakistan, by Saman Nazir and Abdullah Emran
Chapter 2. Situation Analysis of Non-degree Allopathic Practitioners
(NDAPs) in Pakistan, by Asad Saleem and Saman Nazir
Chapter 3. Exploring the Choice of Non-exclusive Breastfeeding in Pakistan,
by Saman Nazir
Section II. Power Dynamics and the Health of the Marginalized
Chapter 4. Reframing Doctor-Patient Interactions in Pakistani Healthcare: A
Foucauldian Analysis of Power/Knowledge Relationship, by Ayesha Nazir and
Saman Nazir
Chapter 5. Understanding Mental Health Barriers in Pakistani Society, by
Halima S. Qureshi
Chapter 6. Contextual Correlates for the High Prevalence of HIV/AIDS
At-Risk Behaviors in Transgender Community of Pakistan, by Fahd Zulfiqar
Section III: Emerging Challenges and Healthcare Response
Chapter 7. Understanding the Sehat Sahulat Program: Insights from Public
and Private Healthcare Providers in Pakistan, by Sumaira Yasmin and Hafsa
Hina
Chapter 8. Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Hepatitis B and
Hepatitis C in Sindh Province, Pakistan, by Ayaz Ali Samo, Zulfiqar Ali
Laghari, Husan Bano Channar, and Arsalan Ahmed Uqaili
Chapter 9. Social and Economic Burden of Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs)
in Pakistan, by Muhammad Ashar Malik, Shehzad Ali, and Mohammad Wasay
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