THE GULAG DOCTORS: Life, Death, and Medicine in Stalin's Labour Camps

It seems paradoxical that any medical care was available in the camps. But it was in fact ubiquitous. By 1939, the Gulag Sanitary Department employed 10,000 doctors, nurses, and paramedics, about 40 percent of whom were prisoners. Healey offers an unprecedented view of Stalin's forced-labor camps as experienced by their medical staff. Photos.