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Eastern Europe in transition: the dilemmas of health
Author(s) -
Jamrozik Konrad
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1995.tb124778.x
Subject(s) - iron curtain , neglect , public health , political science , transition (genetics) , economic growth , psychology , law , medicine , psychiatry , nursing , economics , cold war , politics , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
As the former Iron Curtain countries reconstruct, they must grapple with the health problems left by 40 years of public health neglect. Public health expert Konrad Jamrozik reports on his observations as a visiting fellow in Krakow, Poland, and asks: can they take the best and avoid the worst from the West?