Sharmistha Mallick

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Kamala Nehru College, University of Delhi

The paper attempts to draw some comparisons between government hospitals (co-located) in Delhi and Charity hospital in Berlin. The paper is ethnographic in nature and my main focus is on the way Ayurveda functions in these two different settings. The sociological analysis of these ethnographical comparisons reveals many forms and practices of global Ayurveda. The comparison has many similarities and differences but at fundamental level not necessarily is antagonistic to each other. The fieldwork is done over two years in Delhi and Berlin where I have looked at the different models of medical integration and how they function.

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