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Medical issues and health care reform in Russia / edited by Vicki L. Hesli and Margaret H. Mills.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in health and human services ; v. 35.
- Studies in health and human services ; v. 35
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Health care reform--Russia (Federation).
- Health care reform.
- Women--Health and hygiene.
- Russia (Federation).
- Medical care--Russia (Federation).
- Medical care.
- Medical policy--Russia (Federation).
- Medical policy.
- Public health--Russia (Federation).
- Public health.
- Women--Health and hygiene--Russia.
- Women.
- Russia.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, [1999]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Introduction: A Multi-faceted Approach to Health Care Reform in Russia / Margaret Mills 1
- Part 1 The Impact of Political and Social Transitions on Health and Health Care 23
- Chapter 2 An Assessment of Health Policy Reform in Russia / Diane Duffy 25
- Chapter 3 Attitudes on Health Care Reform in the former Soviet Union / Vicki Hesli, Rasa Alisauskiene 65
- Chapter 4 Women in Russia: The Politics of Promoting Women's Issues / Carol Nechemias 113
- Part 2 Current Conditions and Future Needs in Russian Health Care Delivery 135
- Chapter 5 New-Born Care in the Leningrad Region / Mikhail Ivaneev 137
- Chapter 6 Russian Women As Consumers of Health Care / Louise Ivanov 153
- Part 3 Sexual Politics and Policy in Russian Culture 177
- Chapter 7 Attitudes Toward Family Planning in Russia: Research Results from Moscow and Ivanovo / Elena Pervysheva, Laurie Liskin 179
- Chapter 8 Images of Health, Womanhood, and Social Change in Russian Sex Education / Michele Rivkin-Fish 209
- Chapter 9 The Russian Press: Coverage of Women's Health / Ann Marie Basom 233
- Part 4 Health Care Innovations, Cross-Cultural Training and Educational Initiatives 265
- Chapter 10 Analyzing Telemedical Practices: Implications for Health Care Reform in St. Petersburg / Ann Bossen 267
- Chapter 11 Health Education on Wellness-Centered Living: Maximizing Women's Potential in the United States and Russia / Elizabeth Swanson, Ann Valentine 299.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0773479333
- OCLC:
- 41981948
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