By Partha Dasgupta. 661 pp. Oxford, England, Clarendon Press; New York, Oxford University Press, 1993. $45. ISBN 0-19-828756-9.
The title of this book does not really do it justice -- at leastnot from the perspective of a medical reviewer. It is not apolemic about the haves and the have-nots, nor is it composedof emotion-laden anecdotes about the human suffering that isso often associated with destitution. Instead, Dasgupta contraststhe positive qualities of well-being with the negative qualitiesthat are the result of destitution, and he provides a comprehensiveand in-depth analysis, in the most sophisticated economic terms,of the costs of destitution, poverty, and the deprivation thatinevitably results, not only for those who . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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