title: [Aims and tasks of the Chambers of Physicians before the year 1939].
abstract: The main aims of the Chambers of Physicians, which were called into being at the time when Poland was partitioned, were to protect the interest of physicians employed at health service after the introduction of compulsory insurance against sickness. They played a function of quasi-trade unions (in former Prussian sector). After Poland regained independence, based on the Chamber of Physicians Act of 1921 the Chief Chamber and regional chambers were created. Their aim was to assemble all doctors practicing in the country on obligatory basis. They performed a role of trade union, carried out social activity, ran saving and loan banks as well as funeral funds, controlled even distribution of physicians all over Poland, worked on ethical and deonthological codes, carried out arbitration by colleagues, performed the function of an organ of professional supervision.
authors.affiliation: Zakładu Historii Medycyny i Farmacji, Akademii Medycznej we Wrocławiu.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wieckowska
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D007750:Labor Unions / Q000266:history*; D011044:Poland; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000266:history*