title: [Professor Olech Szczepski: excellent pediatrician as well as a specialist interested in medical ethics].
abstract: Professor Olech Szczepski was born in Poznań in 1914. His life and medical activity were connected with Poznań. Olech Szczepski worked from 1947 until his death in 1980 in departments of clinical sciences in the University of Poznań and afterwards in the Department of Pediatric Disease in Poznań Medical School. Finally, he became a professor in 1967. First of all, he was an excellent pediatrician and for him, pediatrics was an extensive field of medical activity. He published over 200 papers on topics including medical ethics and the history of medicine. Prof. Szczepski was esteemed as a doctor as well as a man. He was therefore asked to give many lectures on those subjects of which he was justly proud.
authors.affiliation: Katedra Nauk Społecznych, Poznań.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tamborska
mesh_terms: D004992:Ethics, Medical / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000266:history*; D011044:Poland; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000266:history*
vernacular_title: Profesor Olech Szczepski - znakomity pediatra ale równiez etyk i deontolog.