"Change yourself and the whole world will become kinder": Russian activists for reproductive health and the limits of claims making for women

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 281-304

  Rivkin Fish, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Postsocialism; Reproduction; Russia; Women's activism

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; POLITICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; POLITICS; RUSSIA; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 16544369370     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.2004.18.3.281     Document Type: Review

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