Public perception of healthcare personnel in Poland and some other European countries in view of selected studiesThe paper presents current trends in the perception of healthcare in Poland and other European countries. The authors present the results of numerous surveys conducted both in Poland and abroad, which demonstrate significant changes in the way healthcare is perceived by the public in individual countries. As the diagnosis of how the medical profession is perceived in Poland gives no grounds for optimism, factors affecting its perception must be identified. This shows healthcare evaluation to be contextually-based, depending on the performance of both individual healthcare establishments and of the whole healthcare system in Poland. Demography has a heavy impact on the evaluation, as the medical services are being rated by the ageing society.
The purpose of this article is to analyze the healthcare policy in the light of securing citizens' interests by bringing the perspective of patients' advocacy organizations. The paper tries to supplement the discussion on the role of this particular group of stakeholders in the decision-making process in the healthcare sector. Referring to empirical examples, the author assumes that the entire Polish healthcare system does not serve patients' interests well because of organizational, financial and personnel shortages, while the constitutional promise of equal access to healthcare services is paradoxically an effective barrier to any changes aimed at improving the way of functioning of the system. Despite the impression of a "patient-centered turn" in the healthcare policy in Poland, the organized interests of patients centered around advocacy organizations still have little impact on the process of formulating and implementing important changes in this sector policy.
The purpose of this article is to analyze the healthcare policy in the light of securing citizens' interests by bringing the perspective of patients' advocacy organizations. The paper tries to supplement the discussion on the role of this particular group of stakeholders in the decision-making process in the healthcare sector. Referring to empirical examples, the author assumes that the entire Polish healthcare system does not serve patients' interests well because of organizational, financial and personnel shortages, while the constitutional promise of equal access to healthcare services is paradoxically an effective barrier to any changes aimed at improving the way of functioning of the system. Despite the impression of a "patient-centered turn" in the healthcare policy in Poland, the organized interests of patients centered around advocacy organizations still have little impact on the process of formulating and implementing important changes in this sector policy. ; Celem niniejszego artykułu jest analiza sektorowej polityki ochrony zdrowia w świetle zabezpieczenia interesu obywateli poprzez przybliżenie perspektywy zorganizowanych interesów organizacji pacjentów. Tekst jest próbą uzupełnienia dyskusji nt. roli tej szczególnej grupy interesariuszy w procesie podejmowania decyzji w sektorze ochrony zdrowia. Odwołując się do przykładów empirycznych, założono, że cały polski system ochrony zdrowia nie służy dobrze interesom pacjentów z powodu niedoborów organizacyjnych, finansowych i personalnych, a konstytucyjna obietnica równego dostępu do świadczeń ochrony zdrowia jest paradoksalnie skuteczną barierą dla wszelkich zmian zmierzających do poprawy sposobu funkcjonowania tego systemu. Pomimo wrażenia "zwrotu pacjento-centrycznego" w ochronie zdrowia w Polsce zorganizowane interesy pacjentów skupione wokół rzeczniczych organizacji pacjentów wciąż mają niewielki udział w procesie formułowania i wdrażania ważnych zmian w tej polityce sektorowej.
The network of hospitals was implemented by an amendment of healthcare services financed from public funds. The act was introduced on 1st October 2017. The goals of the new organization of healthcare were not written directly in in the law or in the justification of the draft bill. It is supposed that the Ministry of Health planned through these changes to strengthen public hospitals and limit competition of public financing for private hospitals. The aim of the article is to stress the role of public policy in programming law changes in the future. The implementation of the science of public policy could improve the quality of the Polish law in the healthcare system.
Polityka administracyjna kierownictwa resortu spraw wewnętrznych II Rzeczypospolitej w zakresie służby zdrowia skupiała się na zwalczaniu epidemii i chorób zakaźnych, a zwłaszcza najgroźniejszej z nich – gruźlicy, na podniesieniu ogólnego poziomu higieny społecznej poprzez wydawanie różnego rodzaju zarządzeń sanitarnych, dotyczących np. czystości miast, oraz na nadzorowaniu w skali kraju rozrastającej się sieci aptek i składów farmaceutycznych. Po zamachu majowym 1926 r. nową politykę administracyjną w zakresie zdrowia publicznego realizował minister spraw wewnętrznych S.F. Składkowski poprzez program "Podniesienie zdrowotności i wyglądu kraju". Propagował on wśród ludności kraju używanie śmietników i ustępów oraz regularne sprzątanie ulic, placów, podwórzy i obejść domów. Szefostwo resortu pracowało na rzecz zwiększenia "stanu posiadania" w szpitalnictwie i lecznictwie otwartym. Szkoliło personel administracji służby zdrowia, głównie w Państwowej Szkole Higieny. Od 1 lipca 1932 r. z kompetencji urzędu ministra spraw wewnętrznych wyłączono sprawy służby zdrowia, poza niewielkim działem techniki sanitarnej. Od tego czasu MSW skupiało się na wykonywaniu zadań związanych z zagadnieniami techniczno-sanitarnymi kraju, zwłaszcza w zakresie zabudowy osiedli i zaopatrzenia ludności w wodę. Znaczenie tych spraw wzrosło, gdy w maju 1936 r. premierem i ministrem spraw wewnętrznych został S.F. Składkowski. Zainicjował on wielką akcję higieniczno-sanitarną, głównie na wsi, w ramach której propagował stosowanie zasad higieny tak w życiu osobistym, jak i publicznym. ; The administrative policy of the heads of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Second Polish Republic in the field of healthcare between 1918 and 1939 focused on combating epidemics and infectious diseases, especially tuberculosis, which was the most dangerous one among them. Furthermore, its aim was also to raise the general level of social hygiene by issuing various types of sanitary ordinances concerning, e.g. city cleanliness. Moreover, it concentrated on the supervision of the growing network of pharmacies and pharmaceutical companies across the country. After the May Coup in 1926, a new administrative policy in the field of public health was primarily carried out by S. F. Składkowski, the Minister of Internal Affairs, by means of the "Improvement of State Health and Appearance" programme. He propagated the use of garbage cans and lavatories among the population as well as regular cleaning of streets, squares, courtyards, and homesteads. The Ministry's head worked to increase "the inventory" in both hospitals and outpatient care. The administrative personnel of the healthcare service were trained, for the most part, at the State School of Hygiene. Since the 1st of July 1932, matters concerning healthcare were excluded from the competences of the office of the Minister of Internal Affairs except for a small department of sanitary technology. From that time on, the Ministry of Internal Affairs focused on carrying out the tasks related to the technical and sanitary issues of the country, especially in the field of the development of housing estates and supplying water to the population. The significance of all of the aforementioned issues increased in May of 1936 when S. F. Składkowski became the Prime Minister and the Minister of Internal Affairs. He launched a great hygiene and sanitary programme, mainly in the Polish countryside, in which he advocated the application of hygiene principles both in private and public life.
The paper proposes the classification of health security as one of the non-military security dimensions of the second generation, determined more by globalization processes than by the end of the Cold War (first generation). The cognitive goal of the article is to identify and analyse the elements of the structure of international health security such as 1) the essence and specificity of securitization of threats to health security; 2) health security threats; 3) the referent object or whom it concerns; and 4) measures to ensure it. Specific to this dimension is the political motivation for its securitization. In the world of interrelated and global mobilities, what is significant for health security is the diversity of the development level, preferred values, and, consequently, the diversity of sensitivity and susceptibility of national healthcare systems to cross-border threats.
"You can curse, you can cry, but get up and go on..."Rehabilitation centres for people with disabilities resulting from polio in Poland after World War II as an everyday life space
The article focuses on selected issues of everyday life of disabled people with polio-related impairments who were treated and rehabilitated in closed rehabilitation facilities. A network of such institutions was established in Poland as a response to polio epidemics outbreak in the early 1950s. The article analyzes the period between the early 1950s and late 1960s. The text highlights the specificity of daily life at these facilities. In particular, I consider interpersonal relations among members of these various communities. In terms of source material, the study is based primarily on autobiographical oral histories collected and recorded by the author. Keywords: history of disability, Poland, rehabilitation, healthcare facilities, 1945–1989
Interest groups constitute a specific civil society voice in democratic politics. They operate in a situation of constant friction between two main strategic goals: keeping the organization alive and exerting political influence. This article explores both topics, examining factors conditioning the group's tendency to cooperate with others as well as the degree to which such cooperation facilitates access to policy-making apparatus, exploring the post-communist environment of four selected Central Eastern Europe (CEE) countries and three policy areas: energy, healthcare and higher education policy. The authors aim to apply and examine the interest groups' cooperation patterns from the EU level to the CEE regional level. The article finds strong support for somewhat weak cooperation between interest groups in the region. However, even such moderate cooperation clearly affects the possibility of access to both the ruling parties and the parliaments. In particular, the cooperation of groups in the field of joint statements may turn out to be a form of remedy for the weaknesses of interest groups in the region.
Poland has been a member of the European Union since 1 May 2004 under the Accession Treaty signed on 16 April 2003 in Athens, the legal basis for Poland's accession to the European Union. Thanks to this move we get help in the form of EU grants to improve our economy. Since then we have seen the effects of this help, such as motorways, stadiums. And what contribution does the EU have for the health of Poland? Thanks to participation in the European Union, our health care has improved. Thanks to numerous subsidies, the conditions in hospitals and outpatient clinics have improved and new medical equipment has become available. The modernization of medical rescue services, including the purchase of new emergency ambulances, the construction, reconstruction or repair of provincial emergency notification centers, will result in the reduction of mortality in emergency situations in the near future. Thanks to subsidies from the European Union, there have been many positive changes in the Polish health service. Thanks to the good use of funds, people are tested with state-of-the-art equipment by qualified medical personnel, brought by specialized ambulances to an appropriately-organized and well-equipped healthcare facility.
Poland has been a member of the European Union since 1 May 2004 under the Accession Treaty signed on 16 April 2003 in Athens, the legal basis for Poland's accession to the European Union. Thanks to this move we get help in the form of EU grants to improve our economy. Since then we have seen the effects of this help, such as motorways, stadiums. And what contribution does the EU have for the health of Poland? Thanks to participation in the European Union, our health care has improved. Thanks to numerous subsidies, the conditions in hospitals and outpatient clinics have improved and new medical equipment has become available. The modernization of medical rescue services, including the purchase of new emergency ambulances, the construction, reconstruction or repair of provincial emergency notification centers, will result in the reduction of mortality in emergency situations in the near future. Thanks to subsidies from the European Union, there have been many positive changes in the Polish health service. Thanks to the good use of funds, people are tested with state-of-the-art equipment by qualified medical personnel, brought by specialized ambulances to an appropriately-organized and well-equipped healthcare facility.
Yemen is a country which belongs to the world's poorest regions. Constant civil wars, instability of employment, lack of education and healthcare as well as widespread famine, are only some of the major problems which Yemen struggles with. Due to totalitarian and inefficient rule of the former President Ali Abdall Salli, the political situation worsen leading to so called 'Arab Spring' revolution when the Yemeni society finally said 'no' to the regime. Incompetent political leadership of President Ali Abdullah Saleh as well as his dealings with tribal intricacies created a perfect harbour for al Qaeda creating a sense of destabilizations and fear around the country. Despite of the reigns of newly-elected president , the situation has not improved. Country still remains in a deep economic and social crisis being on verge of another civil war which could be tragic. The main reason for destabilisation in Yemen is growing conflict between Shiite-Huti from the north of the country as well as rapid activation of al Qaeda structures in the Arabian Peninsula in the south. The situation in Yemen shows us how terrorist organizations and other related groups activate in consequence of abolishment of the country's regime and central administration. This kind of situation is not promising for the future of the country. It needs to be said openly that without help from other countries and international organisations, Yemen is unable to cope with the existing situation and it is the only way to save that region which as we know plays a strategic role in the international arena.
