Folia Medica Cracoviensia
January 2018
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Studysummary This article discusses the ethical views of Polish physicians on performance-enhancing substances and emphasizes the need to improve their knowledge to better address related issues in their patients, but it reports no new results. Our plain-language summary of this paper — not a Tressless recommendation.
The document discussed the perspective of Polish physicians on the use of performance-enhancing substances (PES), which they considered unethical. Physicians believed they should play a role in combating doping in sports and were frequently exposed to PES-related issues in their work. Given the rising popularity of PES, it was deemed important to expand physicians' knowledge in this area to improve the medical services they provided to patients.