Aktualna wiedza medyczna a stosowanie homeopatii
Current Medical Knowledge and the Application of Homeopathy

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses medical practitioners’ responsibility defined in Art. 4 of the Act on the Professionsof Physician and Dentist in relation to Art. 4 of the Code of Medical Ethics. The responsibility concerns the doctor’s acting in conformity with current medical knowledge, and this isexamined in the context of prescribing homeopathic medicinal products. Thus the paper attempts to answer the question whether prescribing the said products conforms to current medicalknowledge. This is achieved by reviewing the regulations issued by the medical self-governmenton the application of selected medicinal products which in the self-government’s opinion infringesthe standards of current medical knowledge. Particular attention is devoted to the analysisof the position of the Supreme Medical Council no 7/08/V of April 4, 2008 on the applicationof homeopathy and related methods by medical practitioners and dentists and on training sessionsorganized in this respect as well as the position no 2/09/V of February 13, 2009 on the motionof the Minister of Health to revoke or change the Council’s position no 7/08/V.On the basis of findings discussed in the paper it is concluded that the SMC has passed a resolutionwhich infringes on the regulations of the act on the chambers of physicians and dentists.

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