An analysis of the landmark 1946 Bhore Committee report suggests that vested interests may have played a role in shaping India's health system and the medical profession in such a way that the majority of the population remains totally neglected. Nothing short of legal action can begin to reverse the existing crisis of health human resources that rural India currently faces.

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Economic and Political Weekly: a journal of current economic and political affairs
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Gautham, M., & Shyamprasad, K. M. (2010). The 'Basic' doctor for rural India: A failed promise?. Economic and Political Weekly: a journal of current economic and political affairs, 45(38), 25–29. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1765/82608