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"The study prepared is a modern textbook in the sociology of medicine intended for students of medicine, nursing and other medical professions with direct contact with the sick, as well as for doctors already practising. The study combines...

"The book will help improve the doctor's communication with the patient. It comes out of the medical community and appeals not only to the deeply humanistic paradigm of medicine, points out the value of collaboration and the benefits of a healthy relationship with patients, but shows how to cultivate...

The book not only provides a body of knowledge on patient communication skills, which seems to be neglected in the medical community. Its structure resembles an example of a well laid out approach to the patient, each chapter describing a course of...

The sociology of medicine (more broadly defined as the sociology of health, illness and medicine) is one of the most dynamic, thriving and promising sub-disciplines of general sociology. The aim of this article is to present the interdisciplinary nature...

This essay focuses on the social phenomenon of medicalisation practices conceived as practices of power. Already at the outset, it is worth pointing out the fact that the medicalisation processes of Western society were of interest to Michel Foucault primarily from...

The issues of the paper entitled. ''Health and Illness. Selected Problems in the Sociology of Medicine'' is interesting, well-structured and for the most part based on the results of new, also foreign research. In this respect, the book can be regarded as a successful continuation of ...

One could venture to say that every person, when reflecting on his or her life, asks how it is good for him or her. He evaluates the various situations he has found himself in, the experiences he has had, the relationships he has had with others, his do- ings, and he has a certain ...

At the deepest level, each person experiences his or her life in an individual and distinctive way. He has his own unique interpretation of it. But sometimes, in order to better understand his experiences, especially the difficult ones, he needs support or even information,...

"How to live?" - this question posed to Prime Minister Donald Tusk by a pepper grower from the municipality of Klwów electrified public opinion in our country. Years later, it returns, and everyday life suggests answers. These, in turn - selective and usually degenerate - define the trajectories of...

Soma is the first part of a triptych answering the question "How to live?". In this part, the editors have invited experts to share their knowledge with the Readers in an accessible way. The monograph is an intellectual journey into realms that elude...

The primary aim of this book is to justify the need for urgent attention to the humanisation of medicine both by improving the quality of education and by taking a critical look at the current humanities curricula and teaching methods....

Professor Andrzej Szczeklik reveals the essence of medicine, its relationship with art, intuition and the deepest layers of imagination. Since time immemorial, human imagination has seen the universe as a unity and man as interwoven into this unity. The expressions of this view of things are myths, magic,...

Another book by the eminent physician Professor Andrzej Szczeklik, after Katharsis. As usual, it is full of erudite references to literature, philosophy, history and painting. The professor shows the reader the greatest achievements of medicine, those historical and the most recent....

The Poznan University of Medical Sciences, in cooperation with the Poznan City Hall, has published a handbook entitled 'Cultural determinants of patient care'. The publication, in the form of a circular booklet, is aimed at doctors, nurses, paramedics, physiotherapists and...

Why is the book 'The culture of the medical profession in the 21st century' being proposed to readers? For what reasons are we encouraging personal and social analyses of this problem by the whole community....