The elderly people of Post-Soviet Ukraine: Medical, social, and economic challenges

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2216-2220

  Lipsitz, Lewis A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Research and Training Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern Europe; Economics; Elderly; Folk medicine; International health; Medical education; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; KETOROLAC; OPIATE; PETHIDINE; TRAMADOL;

DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTION; EMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PAIN; PHYSICIAN; POVERTY; REVIEW; SANITATION; SELF CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT; UKRAINE;

AGED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; SELF CARE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UKRAINE;

EID: 29344465752     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00488.x     Document Type: Review

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