Russian and Soviet Health Care from an International Perspective - Comparing Professions, Practice and Gender, 1880-1960 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)

This collection compares Russian and Soviet medical workers - physicians, psychiatrists and nurses, and examines them within an international framework that challenges traditional Western conceptions of professionalism and professionalization through exploring how these ideas developed amongst medical workers in Russia and the Soviet Union. Ideology and everyday life are examined through analyses of medical practice while gender is assessed through the experience of women medical professionals and patients. Cross national and entangled history is explored through the prism of health care, with medical professionals crossing borders for a number of reasons: to promote the principles and advancements of science and medicine internationally; to serve altruistic purposes and support international health care initiatives; and to escape persecution. Chapters in this volume highlight the diversity of experiences of health care, but also draw attention to the shared concerns and issues that make science and medicine the subject of international discussion.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	February 2017
First published:	2017
Editors:	Susan Grant
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	281
Edition:	1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-44170-2
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	3-319-44170-1
Barcode:	9783319441702

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