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1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 256 Seiten)
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ISBN:
9781350273825
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9781350273801
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9781350273818
Content:
This book brings together an eclectic cast of scholars in related disciplines to examine ageing in the Soviet Union, covering the practice of geriatrics, the science of gerontology, and the experience of growing old. Chapters in the book focus on concepts and themes that analyse Soviet ageing in its medical, political and social contexts, both in the Soviet Union and internationally.
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Ageing was hardly a uniquely Soviet phenomenon: over the past fifty years, moreover, governments and societies have been dealing with steady increases in their ageing populations. Almost paradoxically, however, societal focus on this ageing population, its lives, and its social impact remains extremely limited. Compared to most sciences, gerontology is pitifully underfunded; geriatrics is amongst the least prestigious branches of medicine; and while the world's population is growing undeniably older, great disagreement remains over what can and should be done in response. These were the same challenges that the USSR faced in the post-war decades (1945-1991), and the contributions included in this volume help to flesh out and contextualize the example of Soviet gerontology and geriatrics as one possible model of response.
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This book captures the growing interest in this important subject, demonstrating the influence of ageing on Soviet science and society and the impact of Soviet gerontology and geriatrics at a global level.
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Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 239-243
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Introduction : ageing in Soviet context
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Part 1 Soviet gerontology : ageing as a field of scientific study
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The legend of Gilgamesh : attempts at its realization in Soviet gerontology
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Medical propaganda : fairy tales and miracles of surgery
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Winding up the clock of life: Soviet research into infant 'mortality' in the context of ageing bodies
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Part 2 Care for older persons : Soviet geriatrics, spatial organization and social support
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Ageing minds and bodies : caring for older patients at a Soviet psychiatric hospital
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A comfortable old age : designing care homes for older Soviet persons
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Age and the city : older persons in Soviet urban milieu and thought in the 1970s and 1970s
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Part 3 Narratives of ageing, public and private
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The modern babushka : rethinking older women in late socialism
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The right to a permanent collection : archiving the lives of Soviet pensioners
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Soviet life cycle and ageing : through the lens of museums of medicine
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Part 4 International contexts
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The burden of old age : the fate of older people in the People's Republic of Poland
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Ageing and gerontology in Britain after 1945
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Epilogue : socialist ageing in a global context
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350273795
Language:
English
Keywords:
Sowjetunion
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Gerontologie
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Geriatrie
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Alter
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Geschichte 1945-1991
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DOI:
10.5040/9781350273825
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