Artigo Revisado por pares

Health-Policy Issues and the Predicament in Poland

1982; Massachusetts Medical Society; Volume: 306; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1056/nejm198202043060522

ISSN

1533-4406

Autores

Thomas G. Webster,

Tópico(s)

Global Health Care Issues

Resumo

When I visited Poland in May and June of 1981, I was struck by the contrast between two strong forces that fed into the stream of Poland's daily existence: one, the great tide of enthusiasm over Solidarity's independent sweep into so many corners of Polish life, including health care; the other, the almost palpable air of apprehension and resignation born of the nation's tortured history, its legacy of wars and oppression, and the present-day realities.Even then, six months before the government declared martial law on December 13, many Poles whom I met were troubled with uncertainty and despair. Physicians . . .

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