Health and Social Change in Russia and Eastern Europe

Health and Social Change in Russia and Eastern Europe
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 310
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ISBN-10 : 9781135963217
ISBN-13 : 1135963215
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Book Synopsis Health and Social Change in Russia and Eastern Europe by : William C. Cockerham

Download or read book Health and Social Change in Russia and Eastern Europe written by William C. Cockerham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-05-03 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time, life expectancy is declining in an industrialized society. In this pioneering work, William C. Cockerham examines the social causes of the decline in life expectancy beginning in the 1960s including: *Russia *Poland *Hungary *Romania *Bulgaria *the Czech Republic *and East Germany. Health and Social Change in Russia and Eastern Europe argues that the roots of this change are mainly social rather than biomedical - the result of poor policy decisions, stress and an unhealthy diet. Cockerham presents a theory of postmodern social change that goes beyond the borders of Eastern Europe.


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