The profession of an anesthetist-resuscitator as viewed by patients

The paper analyzes the data of a pilot sociological survey conducted to study public concepts of the profession of an anesthetist-resuscitator. The survey could form a patient opinion about the specific features of the professional activity of an anesthetist-resuscitator and his/her social status and role in the therapeutic process. Analysis of the findings has revealed contradictions between the social significance of this profession for society and the public views of the essence of this medical activity. This leads to the inadequate assessment of the job of an anesthetist-resuscitator and to the depersonalization of this medical profession.

anesthesiology, reanimatology, profession, sociological study