A comparative assessment of minors’ competence to consent to treatment in Polish and English law

Body Mass Index in elderly people - do the reference ranges matter?

Introduction: Changes in body composition have important implications for the health status and functional efficiency of the elderly. There are many different methods used to diagnose malnutrition, with BMI being used mo...

Blood flow parameters in temporal short posterior ciliary arteries in myopic patients

Introduction: Myopia is the most common refractive defect. Enlargement of the defect is the result of lengthening of the eyeball. This leads to the development of degenerative changes in the retina and choroid of the eye...

Sociology and psychology – the scope of cooperation in studying the problems of health and disease

The aim of this dissertation is to identify the scope of convergence of sociology and psychology with special attention to the areas which are especially essential in the analysis of phenomena connected with human health...

Efficiency of selected physiotherapeutic treatments for low back pain

Purpose: Low back pain (LBP) occurs among approximately 60-80% of the population, gradually contributing to long-term or recurring disability. We aimed to evaluate the efficiency of two physiotherapeutic treatments (name...