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A medical doctor examines life on three continents : a Pakistani view / S. Akhtar Ehtisham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ehtisham, S. Akhtar, 1939-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pakistani Americans--Biography.
- Pakistani Americans.
- Physicians--Biography.
- Physicians.
- Political activists--Biography.
- Political activists.
- Medical care--Pakistan.
- Medical care.
- Medical care--Great Britain.
- Medical care--United States.
- Pakistan--Social conditions.
- Pakistan.
- Great Britain--Social conditions--1945-.
- Great Britain.
- United States--Social conditions--1945-.
- United States.
- Ehtisham, S. Akhtar, 1939-.
- Ehtisham, S. Akhtar.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (214 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Algora Pub., c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A medical doctor and political activist traces his life from India at partition to graduate work and practice in the UK and America, comparing health standards, economic well-being, race relations, and the political atmosphere on three continents during the socially-conscious 1960's and later under bare-knuckle capitalism. He includes a brief synopsis of Pakistan's tumultuous history, including the role played by superpowers with an interest in the region.
- Contents:
- Preface; Introduction: A South-Asian Life of Our Times; Chapter 1. Society in Pre-Partition India; Chapter 2. The 1857 Uprising and Early Independence Movement; Chapter 3. Negotiations for Transfer of Power and Partition; Chapter 4. Early Post-Partition: Divergent Paths; Chapter 5. Education and Socio-Economic Conditions in Pakistan-1951 to 1957; Chapter 6. Nehru and Ayub Years; Chapter 7. Medical Education and Surgical Training: 1957-1972; Chapter 8. Student Movement in Pakistan; Chapter 9. Decline and Fall of Ayub; Chapter 10. Health Service and Society in North America, 1973 -2007
- Chapter 11. The Rise of Fundamentalism Chapter 12. Hospital Management; Chapter 13. BB-NS Musical Chairs; Chapter 14. America the Beautiful; Chapter 15. UK 2001-2002; Chapter 16. Colonization to Globalization; Bibliography; Glossary
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786611793838
- 1-281-79383-3
- 0-87586-635-2
- OCLC:
- 437224764
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