title: [The concept of sociomedical work in Russia in the late 1990].
abstract: A concept of sociomedical work as a new kind of multiprofessional activities has been worked out. The concept has been adjusted to the present-day conditions of Russia and society. The specific features of national health care services and social protection of the country's population are taken into consideration as well. The chief points of the concept are as follows: the place and role of sociomedical work among other related activities in this field, the characteristics of the social sections of persons who need care, the basic direction of the work itself, the principles of organization of this kind of work, the main ways of its implementation, the basic points, principles, and criteria of the measures to be made, the solution of problems in the staff, and financing sources.
authors.affiliation: Moscow Medical Academy of IM Sechenov.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Martynenko
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D012426:Russia; D012947:Social Work / Q000458:organization & administration*