Publications abroad

(Nursing) Christie Watson has worked for twenty years as a nurse, and in this personal, poignant book she opens the doors of the hospital and reveals its secrets. She leads us down hospital corridors to a variety of wards and meets some of the most unforgettable...

(Emergency medical services) 'At the Signal. From the life of a paramedic' are not tales pulled from a finger. The life of a paramedic is a difficult one and not everyone is able to cope with it. An added bonus of this publication is that Lysa Walder herself has experienced a lot, performing...

(paramedics) An accident, a disaster, a sudden illness, a suicide attempt... These are just some of the traumatic situations that paramedics deal with on a daily basis. They save lives, they rush to help, they witness suffering, despair, anger. Surprisingly often...

(COVID) Interviews with Poland's most eminent virologists. What do they already know about our coronavirus? When will there be a vaccine and a cure for COVID? Which viruses are the most dangerous and why? Why do epidemics break out from time to time and can they be avoided? How...

The reality depicted in 'Extraordinary' refutes the official narrative that the pandemic in Poland was and is under control. Hospitals plunged into an equipment crisis. The tragic situation of nurses left to fend for themselves. The stress. Extremely gruelling work under...

(Doctors' stories) Book link: https://www.empik.com/tu-ratuje-sie-zycie-opracowanie- collective,p1228302534,ksiazka-p The author is a Polish doctor with many years of experience in smaller and larger centres. As a member of the medical community, he is an eyewitness...

Book link: https://www.empik.com/prawdziwy-lekarz-zaraz-bedzie-rok-z- the-life-of-a-statistician-mccarthy-matt,p1241917575,book-p Matt McCarthy dreamed that he would be the perfect doctor, able to reach patients with whom no one had ever made contact before. However.

(Doctors' stories) Book link: https://www.empik.com/przypadek-ktorego-nie-zapomne-fijewska- marianna,p1237828520,ksiazka-p Surgeon, internist, gynaecologist. Psychiatrist with decades of experience and a budding hospice trainee. Nurse...

(Nursing) Book link: https://www.empik.com/tajemnice-pielegniarek-prawda-i- prejudices-fijewska-marianna,p1246394317,ksiazka-p They are 'at the bedside' of the patient, constantly under review - patients, families, doctors. They arouse extreme emotions - from adoration,...

Book link: https://www.empik.com/swiateczny-dyzur-kay- adam,p1231966040,ksiazka-p The writer, based on old diaries, humorously tells you how thankless the job of a doctor on Christmas duty is. From his book you will not only learn how...

'It's going to hurt. The Secret Diary of a Young Doctor by Adam Kay is the author's account of working as a young doctor in the UK's National Health Service (NHS) hospitals between 2004 and 2010. Working as a gynaecologist, obstetrician and surgeon, in his career Kay encountered...

(communication) Link to the book https://www.mp.pl/ksiegarnia/produkt/3230 "Written with verve, flair, humour and distance to the problems around us, these stories from the daily lives of doctors and patients provide a broader perspective on the context of doctor-patient communication....

The aim of this study is to verify the assumption that the impact of the so-called social audience and the evaluation of chronic illness as dependent on the patient differentiates the sense of experienced stigma and the evaluation of health-related quality of life. Additionally, it can be hypothesised that in...

"Quality of life" is one of the important categories found in palliative care provided to patients in the final (terminal) stage of their illness, most often cancer. The concept of 'quality of life' refers to the extremely important reality that...

Introduction. Chronic heart failure (HF, heart failure), is a serious health problem that is associated with reduced quality of life (QoL, quality of life) of patients. Health status significantly affects a person's life and functioning, consequently affecting the assessment of quality of ...