THE AGEING OF MEDICAL ACADEMIC STAFF IN UZBEKISTAN AT THE TURN OF INDEPENDENCE (1990–1996)

Abstract

Based on archival documents and statistical sources, the thesis examines the age structure and research productivity of academic staff in the medical field of Uzbekistan in 1990–1996, using the Tashkent Medical Institute, the Research Institute of Phthisiology and Pulmonology and the Republican Oncology Research Centre as case studies. It argues that the late Soviet system failed to renew its academic staff, that this problem passed into the period of independence, and that it shaped the agenda of later reforms.