Deregulation, workplace, and women
Nurses in private health care in India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12916396 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hemantika Basu (0000-0003-4122-7028, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 179-188 |
| Publication date | 2019-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Social Work and Policy Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1753-1403 • E-ISSN: 1753-1411 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/aswp.12168 |
| OpenAlex | W2947206027 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
The paper examines the growth of private health care in India in the context of its regulatory provisions and questions the work and employment conditions of female care workers (nurses) employed there. Nurses constitute 80% of the total workers in each nursing home/hospital. In the wake of increased demand for private health care since mid‐1990s, insertion of technology and investment is inducing transformation of nursing homes into multi‐ and super‐speciality hospitals resulting in changes in work organization of nurses. This has led to demand for larger numbers of workers. Employers gain by the segmentation in the nursing labor market, paying low wages. Workers face widespread social discrimination, long working hours, and high work intensity. The deplorable situation of a significant section of workers employed in this sector indicates state failure to control the private health sector. Lack of effective standards of work impacts nature of work of the workforce employed in various levels in the healthcare system
Business · Context (archaeology · Deregulation · Economic growth · Economics · Health care · Investment (military · Labour economics · Market economy · Political science · Private sector · Work (physics · Workforce · Emotional Labor in Professions · Employment and Welfare Studies · Medicine · Nursing
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |