The struggle of preserving self-esteem and professional identity: A grounded theory study of specialists’ experiences serving in the public health system in Rajasthan, India

• Anushree Joshi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: ajoshi@iiphg.org

  Affiliation Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavioural Science, Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar, IIPHG

  https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0694-2906

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• Jallavi Panchamia,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavioural Science, Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar, IIPHG

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• Dileep Mavalankar,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavioural Science, Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar, IIPHG

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• Bharati Sharma

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavioural Science, Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar, IIPHG

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0793-1249

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