Discussion of health protection issues in the framework of the 7th Meeting of Indigenous Minorities of the North (summary)

Authors

  • Kharitonova V.I. Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, RAS
  • Passar L.V.

Keywords:

social security, pension system, health care, indigenous minorities, bioethics, ethnomedicine, non-conventional medicine, informed consent, alcoholism, drug addiction, suicide

Abstract

From the 27th till the 30th of March, 2013, in Salekhard the 7th Meeting of Indigenous Minorities of the North, Siberia and Far East of Russia run its activities. In the framework of its 6th section “Social security, pension provision and healthcare promotion”, which worked in the format of round table, the issues of official healthcare and of additional opportunities for public health were discussed. The material overviews the key topics, discussed in the framework of the round table, as well as the practical conclusions made as a result of the event.

Author Biography

  • Kharitonova V.I., Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, RAS

    Academic degrees: 

    • Ph.D. (History) (2000),
    • Ph.D. (Philology) (1983).

    Current employment, position: 

    • Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAS - Chief researcher
    • Head of the Center of Medical Anthropology

Published

2021-02-08

Issue

Section

SCIENCE / Materials