VODKA, PERESTROIKA, MAGIYA: A STUDY OF POST-SOVIET NARCOLOGY

Authors

  • BARDINA S.M. The Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences

Keywords:

алкоголизм, алкогольная зависимость, внушение, клиника, кодирование, лечение зависимости, медицинская антропология, наркология, постсоветская медицина, постсоветская экономика

Abstract

This is a review of the book Governing Habits: Treating Alcoholism in the Post-Soviet Clinic by Eugene Raikhel, published in 2016. It includes the results of a study conducted in the clinics of St. Petersburg in the 2000s. The author extensively analyzes the practices used in narcological institutions, and their significance for doctors and patients. The book also familiarizes the reader with the history of Soviet and post-Soviet narcology.

Author Biography

  • BARDINA S.M., The Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences

    Academic degrees: 

    • Ph.D. in Philosophy

    Current employment, position: 

    • ICCST, senior research fellow

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Published

2021-04-19

Issue

2018 — No. 1 (15)

Section

SCIENCE / Reviews