The Russian health care system today: Can American-Russian CME programs help?

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 937-944

  Farmer, Richard G ^a   Sirotkin, Alexei Y ^b   Ziganshina, Lilia E ^c   Greenberg, Henry M ^d  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b URAL STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c KAZAN STATE MEDICAL ACADEMY   (Russian Federation)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DETERIORATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EUROPE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; IDEOLOGY; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NURSE; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345283376     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.70.11.937     Document Type: Review

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