Parochial Medical Relief

Rural Medical Relief

Unwanted Medical Relief

By S. D. S. GREVAL LIEUTENANT-COLONEL, late I.M.S. Scrolof/ist. to the Government of India, School of Tropical Medicine, Calcutta The following is a typical case. After a deed of violence and a domestic tragedy the victim and family are much more concerned about the revenge than the relief. Precious hours which if availed of in seeking medical relief can save the life of the victim are spent in...

Medical Education and Rural Medical Relief

Parochial Corruption

Enforcement problems are frequently acute in illegal transactions, such as bribery. However, if a government official and a member of the public share informal social or economic ties, this may enable them to enforce bribe transactions by “linking the games”. As a result, official’s incentives to engage in corruption may be affected by the social structure of the society in which they are embed...

An Experiment in Rural Medical Relief