Health Care in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe

Health Care in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe (1976) examines the systems of health care in the Communist countries of the Eastern Bloc. Many enjoyed comprehensive free health care, and this book traces their beginnings and development, and offers comparisons between each of them as well as with the West.

List of contents

1. The Revolution in Health Care 2. The USSR 3. Bulgaria 4. Czechoslovakia 5. German Democratic Republic 6. Hungary 7. Poland 8. Romania 9. International Economic Links within Comecon

About the author

Michael Kaser was Reader Emeritus in Economics at the University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford, a Fellow of Templeton College, Oxford, and was Honorary Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Birmingham. He wrote extensively on Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.

Summary

Health Care in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe (1976) examines the systems of health care in the Communist countries of the Eastern Bloc. Many enjoyed comprehensive free health care, and this book traces their beginnings and development, and offers comparisons between each of them as well as with the West.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Kaser, Kaser Michael
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032880761
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3288076-1
• No. of pages: 282
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Soviet Society
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Sociology, Cultural Studies, European History, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, Social & cultural history, MEDICAL / History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, General & world history, History of Medicine, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, c 1500 onwards to present day, social and political philosophy, Social issues & processes, Regional Studies, Social and cultural history, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Regional / International studies, General and world history, Political science and theory, Social and ethical issues, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Medical Sociology, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Health systems & services, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Marxism & Communism, Health systems and services, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era