[The legal awareness of medical workers in the system of medical care quality management].

The article presents the results of comprehensive study of the level of legal awareness of medical workers. The knowledge of physicians, paramedical personnel and health administrators concerning the rights of patients was assessed. The role of factor of legal awareness in the system of medical care quality management was analyzed.

[Personnel policy at regional level].

The paper deals with issues associated with the management of personnel resources at the regional level (Chita Region); it also analyses the specific staffing and structure of medical personnel and occupational retraining of experts. Disproportion in the distribution of medical experts within the region as well as disparity between the total quantity of medical staff and numbers of experts in different fields were demonstrated by the analysis.

[Malignant neoformations of the hematopoietic and lymphoid tissues in the personnel of the 1st plant of atomic industry].

Rates of mortality from hemopoietic and lymphoid malignancies for 1948-1987 were studied in male staff of industrial atomic reactors and radiochemical industry for irradiated uranium processing versus dose of external gamma radiation. An increase in mortality due to radiation--induced acute leukemia was registered in the radiochemical industry staff 5-10 years following the start of exposure and was associated with high dose of external radiation. The risk of acute leukemia for this period was 1.