Kiran Kumbhar
Biographic Data
| ID | 307280 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kiran Kumbhar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kiran |
| FAMILY NAME | Kumbhar |
| SIGNATURE | KUMBHAR K |
| AFFILIATIONS | South Asian Studies Council Yale University New Haven Connecticut USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9221-4297 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The historical sociology of medicine in India
This introduction to a special section brings together three papers first presented at a panel, 'Medical Professions in South Asia: Historical and Contemporary Analyses', at the 26th European Conference on South Asian Studies, held in Vienna, Austria and online, in July 2021. All three papers deal with aspects of the professionalisation of biomedical doctors in India since its independence in 1947. The authors bring together historical and sociol…
Doctor sahab
This essay analyses and historicises a contemporary dominant narrative among India's biomedical doctors, that the early post-independence period (1940s-1970s) was characterised by immense public trust and confidence in the biomedical profession, with the patient-doctor relationship experiencing a 'golden era'. By exploring people's experiences with and perceptions of doctors during these decades, I show that contrary to contemporary understanding…
Science and Religion in India
Doctor sahab
This essay analyses and historicises a contemporary dominant narrative among India's biomedical doctors, that the early post-independence period (1940s-1970s) was characterised by immense public trust and confidence in the biomedical profession, with the patient-doctor relationship experiencing a 'golden era'. By exploring people's experiences with and perceptions of doctors during these decades, I show that contrary to contemporary understanding…
Science and Religion in India
The historical sociology of medicine in India
This introduction to a special section brings together three papers first presented at a panel, 'Medical Professions in South Asia: Historical and Contemporary Analyses', at the 26th European Conference on South Asian Studies, held in Vienna, Austria and online, in July 2021. All three papers deal with aspects of the professionalisation of biomedical doctors in India since its independence in 1947. The authors bring together historical and sociol…
Doctor sahab
This essay analyses and historicises a contemporary dominant narrative among India's biomedical doctors, that the early post-independence period (1940s-1970s) was characterised by immense public trust and confidence in the biomedical profession, with the patient-doctor relationship experiencing a 'golden era'. By exploring people's experiences with and perceptions of doctors during these decades, I show that contrary to contemporary understanding…
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Independence (probability theory) (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Anthropology (1 work) · Caste (1 work) · Closure (psychology) (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work)