Procreational attitudes and behaviour: some problems of genetic counseling effectiveness.

Some results of the study of genetic counseling effectiveness, conducted in 1980-1981, are the subject of this paper. The main group under the study consisted of 187 families with the Down syndrome child, who in the period 1974-1979 visited the Genetics Clinic of NRIMC and received genetic counseling there. The relation between genetic counseling and the procreation sphere among the studied families is presented.

Illness behaviour and action: the patient-role.

This article is part of the general report presenting results of a survey made on a 1165-person representative sample of the Warsaw adult population. The purpose of the survey was to verify an hypothesis concerning the occurrence of social stratification differentiation of attitudes and behaviours related to illness. In Poland, free public medical care service covers the whole society.