Ethical issues in medical treatment of homeless patients in Poland. A preliminary study

SKOWRON, Adam, JANKOWSKA, Alicja & SYTNIK-CZETWERTYŃSKI, Janusz. Ethical issues in medical treatment of homeless patients in Poland. A preliminary study. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2023;13(2):68-74. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2023.13.02.009 https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/41070 https://zenodo.org/record/7430374 The journal has had 40 points in Ministry of Education and Science of Poland parametric evaluation. Annex to the announcement of the Minister of Education and Science of December 21, 2021. No. 32343. Has a Journal's Unique Identifier: 201159. Scientific disciplines assigned: Physical Culture Sciences (Field of Medical sciences and health sciences); Health Sciences (Field of Medical Sciences and Health Sciences). Punkty Ministerialne z 2019 - aktualny rok 40 punktów. Załącznik do komunikatu Ministra Edukacji i Nauki z dnia 21 grudnia 2021 r. Lp. 32343. Posiada Unikatowy Identyfikator Czasopisma: 201159. Przypisane dyscypliny naukowe: Nauki o kulturze fizycznej (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu); Nauki o zdrowiu (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu). © The Authors 2022; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 23.11.2022. Revised: 28.11.2022. Accepted: 12.12.2022. Ethical issues in medical treatment of homeless patients in Poland. A preliminary study Adam Skowron, Alicja Jankowska, Janusz Sytnik-Czetwertyński Adam Skowron, e-mail: askowron@cmkp.edu.pl; Zakład Prawa Medycznego i Orzecznictwa Lekarskiego, Centrum Medyczne Kształcenia Podyplomowego w Warszawie; ORCID: 0000-0002-3465-1261 Alicja Jankowska, e-mail: alicja1jankowska@gmail.com; Collegium Medicum im. Ludwika Rydygiera w Bydgoszczy Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu; ORCID: 0000-0002-9934-3702 Janusz Sytnik-Czetwertyński, e-mail: janusz.sytnik-czetwertynski@cmkp.edu.pl; Zakład Prawa Medycznego i Orzecznictwa Lekarskiego, Centrum Medyczne Kształcenia Podyplomowego w Warszawie; ORCID: Summary: The article presents some of the most important ethical aspects in the medical care of a homeless patient. Hygiene, access to medicines and information, the problem of social discrimination are analysed. The article concludes with a short reflection on the expected ethical attitude of a doctor towards a homeless patient. Keywords: homelessness, medical ethics, homeless patient, social discrimination