Russian and Soviet Health Care from an International Perspective: Comparing Professions, Practice and Gender, 1880-1960 (1st ed. 2017 edition.)

This collection compares Russian and Soviet medical workers - physicians, psychiatrists and nurses and examines them within an international framework that challenges traditional Western conceptions of professionalism and professionalisation through exploring how these ideas developed amongst medical workers in Russia and the Soviet Union.

Ideology and everyday life are examined through analyses of medical practice while gender is assessed through the experience of women medical professionals and patients.