Polish Journal of Public Health

Contents

1. The social role of the physician in classical Polish medical sociology. A reconstruction of the views of Magdalena Sokołowska - 53
Włodzimierz Piątkowski

2. Medical professions in Poland – selected legal aspects - 57
Katarzyna Miaskowska-Daszkiewicz

3. Selected determinants of the professional identity of dietitian in the context of legal regulations on the practice of dietitian - 63
Michał Skrzypek, Lucyna Pachocka, Karolina Goral, Adamina Partycka-Skrzypek

4. The legal status of physiotherapists’ profession - 69
Katarzyna Mełgieś

5. Midwife’s professional functions prescribed by the law - 74
Grażyna Jolanta Iwanowicz-Palus, Justyna Krysa, Magdalena Korżyńska-Piętas, Ewa Rzońca, Agnieszka Bień

6. Hospital network and access to Night and Holiday Patient Care - 78
Michał Celejewski, Jakub Pawlikowski

7. Patients’ opinions on gynaecologists – experiences and assessments - 82
Anna Dudkowski-Sadowska

8. Prestige of the medical profession. Is there a connection between feminization and decreased prestige? - 85
Renata Bogusz

9. Pharmaceutical care – a chance or necessity in the context of Polish self-medication - 89
Anita Majchrowska

10. The specificity of the individual professional practice of midwives with regard to home births. Analysis of the ‘relationship field’ - 93
Luiza Nowakowska