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Red Medicine: Socialized Health in Soviet Russia reviews the medical organization and administration in Soviet Russia. This book is organized into 24 chapters that particularly tackle the city of Moscow and Leningrad. It addresses the travels of the authors from Moscow to Georgia and the Crimea, providing an overview of the background of Russian life. Some of the topics covered in the book are the progress of Russia towards Communism; developments in the introduction of Communism; type of government of USSR; description of industrial conditions and health; features of agricultural conditions; state of religion, civil liberty, and law; and characteristics of home life, recreation, clubs, and education. Other chapters deal with the condition of women in Soviet Russia, state of marriage, and divorce. These topics are followed by discussions of the care of maternity, children and youths, as well as the treatment in residential and non-residential institutions. The final chapters describe the characteristics of medical practice and the general considerations on the medical care in large communities. The book can provide useful information to the historians, doctors, students, and researchers.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Red Medicine: Socialized Health in Soviet Russia
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Dedication
- Preface
- Illustrations
- Introduction
- CHAPTER I. Moscow and Leningrad
- CHAPTER III. The Background of Russian Life
- CHAPTER IV. Russia's Travel Towards Communism
- CHAPTER V. Stages in the Introduction of Communism
- CHAPTER VI. Government in the U.S.S.R.
- CHAPTER VII. Industrial Conditions and Health
- CHAPTER VIII. Agricultural Conditions
- CHAPTER IX. Religious and Civil Liberty and Law
- CHAPTER X. Home Life, Recreation, Clubs, Education
- CHAPTER XI. Women in Soviet Russia; Marriage and Divorce
- CHAPTER XII. Care of Children and Youths
- CHAPTER XIII. Care of Maternity
- CHAPTER XIV. The Problem of Abortion
- CHAPTER XV. Social Insurance
- CHAPTER XVI. Public Health and Medical Administration
- CHAPTER XVII. Russian Medical History and the Training of Doctors
- CHAPTER XVIII. The Medical Care of the Sick
- CHAPTER XIX. Treatment in Residential and Non-residential Institutions
- CHAPTER XX. Care of TuberculosisâSanatoria and AlliedInstitutions
- CHAPTER XXI. The Treatment and Prevention of Venereal Diseases
- CHAPTER XXII. The Characteristics of Medical Practice
- CHAPTER XXIII. General Considerations on the Medical Care in Large Communities
- CHAPTER XXIV. Concluding Observations
- INDEX