The scientific entrepreneur as hero: from Arrowsmith to the covid-19 vaccines

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Cover Arrowsmith, Pocket Books, 1944 Edition

Sinclair Lewis’s novel Arrowsmith, published in 1925 to critical and public acclaim (the book was awarded the Pulitzer prize, although Lewis refused it), is a bildungsroman with an unusual hero: a young doctor cum scientist, Martin Arrowsmith (Lewis, 1925). The hero’s career includes a range of roles and positions: he is at …

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June 15, 2020

Entrepreneurship and E-Health: How Promises of Innovation are Transforming India’s Primary Care Sector

By Sandra Bärnreuther

This article is part of the series: Health for all? Critical perspectives on Universal Health Coverage

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“Health for All?” critically explores global moves towards Universal Health Coverage and its language of rights to health, equity, social justice and the public good. Highlighting emerging ethnographic and historical research by both young

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The scientific entrepreneur as hero: from Arrowsmith to the covid-19 vaccines

Entrepreneurship and E-Health: How Promises of Innovation are Transforming India’s Primary Care Sector

“Health for All?” critically explores global moves towards Universal Health Coverage and its language of rights to health, equity, social justice and the public good. Highlighting emerging ethnographic and historical research by both young