Jeffery R
Soc Sci Med. 1982;16(21):1835-41. doi: 10.1016/0277-9536(82)90444-0.
Policies towards indigenous healers in independent India show considerable continuities with policies followed in the British period, varying according to the sex of the healer. Traditional birth attendants (dais) have been offered short periods of training by the State since 1902, whereas until recently male healers (vaids and hakims, and later homoeopaths) have been treated with official hostility. Current plans include the training of religious and ritual healers in psychiatric services as well as the employment of indigenous healers in new community health schemes. These changes are assessed in the context of a political economy of health services.
独立后的印度对本土治疗师的政策与英国统治时期的政策有相当大的延续性，且因治疗师的性别而异。自1902年以来，国家为传统助产士（产婆）提供短期培训，而直到最近，男性治疗师（阿育吠陀医生和尤那尼医生，以及后来的顺势疗法医生）一直受到官方的敌视。当前的计划包括对宗教和仪式治疗师进行精神科服务培训，以及在新的社区卫生计划中聘用本土治疗师。这些变化将在卫生服务的政治经济背景下进行评估。
