Title Health and welfare in St. Petersburg, 1900-1941 : protecting the collective / by Christopher Williams

Published New York : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource Series History of medicine in context History of medicine in context. Contents The "Body Russian" in Tsarist St. Petersburg -- The health of the Petrograd collective under war communism, 1918-20 -- Health, class and the market under N.E.P., 1921-27 -- Health plans, medical disorder and repression : the health of the collective in crisis, 1928-41 Summary In the first book to chart late Imperial and Soviet health policy and its impact on the health of the collective in Russia's former capital and second "regime" city, Christopher Williams argues that in pre-revolutionary St. Petersburg radical sections of the medical profession and the Bolsheviks highlighted the local and Tsarist government's failure to protect the health of poor peasants and the working class due to conflicts over the priority and direction of health policy, budget constraints and political division amongst doctors. They sought to forge alliances to change the law on social insurance and to prioritise the health of the collective. Situating pre- and post-revolutionary health policies in the context of revolutions, civil war, market transition and Stalin's rise to power, Williams shows how attempts were made to protect the Body Russian/Soviet and to create a healthier lifestyle and environment for key members of the new Soviet state. This failed due to shortages of money, ideology and Soviet medical and cultural norms. Itresulted in ad hoc interventions into people's lives and the promotion of medical professionalization, and then the imposition of restrictions resulting from changes in the Party line. Williams shows that when the health of the collective was threatened and created medical disorder, it led to state coercion Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher Subject Public health -- Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg -- History Public Health -- history Social Welfare -- history History, 20th Century POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. Public health SUBJECT Russia (Pre-1917) USSR Subject Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2018000393 ISBN 9780429016615 0429016611 9780429507205 0429507208 9780429016622 042901662X 9780429016608 0429016603

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