title: Nursing and health in Russia.
abstract: There are over one million nurses in Russia, and they work in a crippled healthcare system facing a dramatic increase in infectious diseases. But nurses are valiantly coping with the country's health crisis and becoming a recognized profession.
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D006801:Humans; D009729:Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012426:Russia; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D012922:Social Change