| Description |
1 online resource (281 pages) |
| Series |
Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society (SPPS), 1614-3515 ; volume 165 |
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Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society ; v. 165.
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| Contents |
1. Goals and tools of informal healthcare sociography -- 2. Agents in the markets for health products -- 3. Health from the garden, forest, and market : procuring and selling gifts of nature -- 4. Shadow and respectable alternative medicine : from healers to "complementary" specialists -- 5. Religious institutions : health concerns and commerce on health problems -- 6. The "informal healthcare" framework : information markets -- Appendix 1. Characteristics of the fieldwork in the Perm Territory -- Appendix 2. The religious landscape in the field research area |
| Summary |
This volume deals with one of the most understudied aspects of everyday life in Russian society. Its main characters are the providers of goods and services to whom people turn for healthcare instead of official medical institutions. This encompasses a wide range of actors--from network marketing companies to 'folk' journals on health as well as healers, complementary medicine specialists, and religious organizations. Krasheninnikova's investigation pays particular attention to the legal, social, and economic status of informal healthcare providers. She demonstrates that these agents tend to flourish in bigger towns rather than in small settlements, where public healthcare is lacking. She also emphasizes the flexibility of boundaries between formal and informal healthcare due to the evolution of rules and regulations. The study reveals the important role of institutions that are generally not connected to alternative medicine, such as pharmacies, libraries, and church shops. This book is based on rich empirical observations and avoids both positive and critical assessment of the analyzed phenomena. The result is a vivid and thorough introduction to the world of self-medication and alternative healing in contemporary Russia |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Medical care -- Russia (Federation)
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Social medicine -- Russia (Federation)
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Public health -- Russia (Federation)
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Alternative medicine.
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Therapeutics, Physiological.
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Medical care.
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Complementary Therapies
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Delivery of Health Care
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Patient Care
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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Therapeutics, Physiological
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Alternative medicine
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Medical care
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Public health
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Social medicine
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| SUBJECT |
Russia |
| Subject |
Russia (Federation)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Vlassov, Vasily, writer of foreword
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Kazantseva, Julia, translator.
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| ISBN |
9783838269702 |
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3838269705 |
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9783838210308 |
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3838210301 |
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