Vol 10, No 1 (2011)

The actual research methods in sociology of medicine consist of scientific survey dedicated to precise research purpose and clearly formulated tasks. The survey is planned according to well-considered procedure a priori. The survey data is recorded in protocols or diaries following specified system. The information derived by force of survey is to be verified for validity and consistency. The advantage of participant observations is obvious. This approach provide the most vivid and immediate impressions about environment and facilitate comprehending of people's behavior and activities of social communities. However, this mode brings serious shortcomings in the survey process. The researcher can lose the capability to estimate the situation properly because of going over to the position of target population and getting too used to one's role of events participator.

The consideration of cardinal restructuring of public health in the Russian Federation from the position of sociology of medicine made it possible to get the profile of motivational field of social and professional activities of physicians and nurses during the period of adaptation to new full-scale realities. In addition to that the ranking of indicators having strong correlation with the components of social professional activity was implemented. The application of spatial statistic criterion defining the inclination of line of linear regression permitted to ascertain that the motivating capability of financial stimulant didn't justify hopes. The motivation of such professional activities as self-fulfillment, creative work, esteem of people around, prestige, access to new information (cognitive motivation), belonging to the organization and opportunity to participate in its reshaping process are considerably more important for medical personnel.

The article deals with study related to the issues concerning the implementation of law-regulated right of adolescent patient to voluntary informed consent, renunciation of clinical intervention and to choose people circle to transfer information about adolescent health. The results of questionnaire survey concerning the subjects of legal relationship in case of medical care of under-age patients are analyzed. The various social characteristics of respondents are taken into consideration.

The article deals with the new trend of increasing attention to personal health conditions among student community. The relationship of this new trend with the indicators concerning health self-assessment, health value, health awareness, health skills and abilities in first aid care, health education in university is analyzed. The special attention is paid to health risk behaviors concerning diet, labor, bad habits and sexual behavior. The role of education process in the training of positive health attitude is considered. The analysis is based on the data results of the sociological study Students Health organized in 2009-2010 in 10 cities of Russia and Belarus under the auspices of the sociology society of Russia.

The article deals with the results of sociologic survey concerning the steadiness of social orphanage phenomenon. The target attention was paid to such issues as the level of its awareness by respondents and the modes of problem solving, the role of state included. In analysis, the emphasis is made on the attitude of various categories of population to the issue of social orphanage and the public opinion concerning the causes of this phenomenon and modes of its prevention.

The article discuss the results of questionnaire poll of 102 patients during antiviral therapy of chronic hepatitis C in the E.M. Tareev clinic of nephrology, internal and occupational diseases of I.M. Sechenov Moscow State Medical University. The analysis revealed the increase of number of patients refusing alcohol consumption and tobacco smoking because of established chronic hepatitis C, the decrease of body weight of patients and high compliance to the treatment.

The article deals with analysis of risk factors in patients with cardiac infarction treated in hospital of Zelenchuksky district of the Republic of Karachaevo-Cherkessia. The sociologic survey was applied to characterize the mode of life and to determine the controlled and uncontrolled risk factors. The results of study were applied in the elaboration of major guidelines of territorial program of cardiac infarction prevention.