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Recollections of Nursing and Health Care in the Soviet Union
Author(s) -
Fahey Walter S.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
public health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1525-1446
pISSN - 0737-1209
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1446.1987.tb00524.x
Subject(s) - polyclinic , soviet union , objectivity (philosophy) , nursing , health care , biography , nursing care , interpretation (philosophy) , work (physics) , medicine , political science , law , politics , epistemology , philosophy , computer science , programming language , mechanical engineering , engineering
I led a party of British nurses on an Interchange of London study tour of Moscow and Leningrad early in 1986. The limitations inherent in a short tour, in which the visits were strictly organized by our hosts, are appreciated, but the party was able to visit examples of the three main institutions of care in which Soviet nurses work and to spend two evenings in informal discussion with nursing personnel. The interpretation of findings is my own and does not necessarily assume complete objectivity. Nevertheless, I have attempted to discuss data dispassionately and feel that information obtained is relevant and interesting in its own right. I have no doubt that we were shown the very best of Soviet nursing and health care, and no claims are made as to how representative the particular polyclinic, ambulance center, and hospital visited are of those in the USSR as a whole.