A medical doctor examines life on three continents [[electronic resource] ] : a Pakistani view / / S. Akhtar Ehtisham

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910810440303321
• Autore: Ehtisham S. Akhtar <1939->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Algora Pub., c2008
• ISBN: 9786611793838; 1-281-79383-3; 0-87586-635-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (214 p.)
• Disciplina: 909.82092; B
• Soggetti: Pakistani Americans; Physicians; Political activists; Medical care - Pakistan; Medical care - Great Britain; Medical care - United States; Pakistan Social conditions; Great Britain Social conditions 1945-; United States Social conditions 1945-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.