[Polish health care system].

The purpose of the discussion is to evaluate certain aspects of the Polish health care system - its ability to respond to contemporary dynamic social, economic and epidemiological changes (including the spread of chronic diseases, aging population or family crisis - its possibilities for providing care of the sick). The analysis of such a problem was based on a critically-oriented perspective that is developed in the field of the sociology of health and illness. The text pays particular attention to the problem of deepening social inequalities, which can be considered as one of the major factors that hinder access to health care and influence poorer health condition: In this context the mechanism of "saving health" and borrowing in order to satisfy the health needs in the face of financial difficulties was mentioned.

[Various characteristics of hemodynamics in pelvic injuries associated with cranio-cerebral trauma].

The authors have analysed the results of the treatment of 325 patients with injuries of the pelvis associated with cerebrocranial trauma. It has been determined that the severity of the condition and the occurrence of shock depended not only on the character of the pelvis injuries, but also on the severity of the brain injuries. The investigation of the circulating blood volume in 92 victims (pelvis injuries were associated with light brain injuries in 59 cases and with severe brain injuries in 33 cases) has demonstrated that severe cerebrocranial trauma associated with similar injuries of the pelvis influences the circulating blood volume deficit.