@article{fdi:010074146,
  title = {{E}mpty stocks and loose paper : governing access to medicines through informality in {N}orthern {I}ndia},
  author = {{A}l {D}ahdah, {M}. and {K}umar, {A}. and {Q}uet, {M}athieu},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{B}ased upon research in the state of {B}ihar, {I}ndia, this article argues that informal access to medicines in {N}orthern {I}ndia is a core element of the government of healthcare. {I}nformal providers such as unlicensed village doctors and unlicensed drug sellers play a major role in access to medicines in {B}ihar, in the particular context of the dismantling of public procurement services. {B}uilding on recent works in the socio-anthropology of pharmaceuticals, the article shows the importance of taking into account the political economy of drugs in {I}ndia, in order to understand local problems of access more fully. {I}f informal providers occupy such an important position in the government of healthcare in {I}ndia, this is partly due to the shaping of healthcare as access to drugs on health markets. {E}laborating the argument from interviews with health professionals and patients, the article first shows the situation of public healthcare and public procurement in {B}ihar; then it presents the role of informal medicine providers; lastly, it shows how patients deal with the fact that they live in a 'pharmaceutical world' where access to health equates with access to medicines.},
  keywords = {{A}ccess to medicines ; {B}ihar ; {I}ndia ; informal markets ; public procurement ; sociology of health ; {INDE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{I}nternational {S}ociology},
  volume = {33},
  numero = {6},
  pages = {778--795},
  ISSN = {0268-5809},
  year = {2018},
  DOI = {10.1177/0268580918792779},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010074146},
}