Russia through the eyes of an American nurse

Home Health Care Management and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 424-435

  Resick, Lenore K ^a  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Former Soviet Union; Nurse; Russia; Russian culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649104957     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108482202236683     Document Type: Article

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