Care for the Dying in the Late USSR (1970–80s)
Journal: The Journal of Social Policy Studies
Year: 2022

Disclosure of the diagnosis is a structural element of modern hospice ideology: the patient must be aware of the diagnosis in order to manage their dying and allow care instead of treatment. Care in hospices makes the last period of one’s life comfortable and maintains the habitual way of life of the dying person. Disclosure of diagnosis, awareness of death, and normalization of dying are thus three interrelated elements of modern hospice infrastructure. However, the case of the late USSR does n