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The article presents a view of the three related factors that determine the basis of European understanding of social assistance in the context of the Book of Exodus as the starting point of the Judaist-Christian perception of man. First of all, it is a presentation of human dignity, the definition of which, in Europe, cannot be separated from the image of man that is derived from the image of man. Subsequent is the concept of non-judgment, which is the first step in the effort of social assistance to another pers...

An important place in contemporary systems of social assistance in European countries, including Poland, is taken by non-governmental organizations (NGO). They collaborate with local governments in order to extend and improve quality of public services. Support activities of the organizations are mainly aimed to help groups threatened with marginalization and social exclusion, whose members find it difficult to cope with meeting life needs because of their age, disability, poverty, or life helplessness. Associatio...

The article is devoted to the complex consideration of the problem of health protection as one of the most important directions of the social policy of the modern state. Noting the social orientation of the majority of democratic states, the authors point to the inextricable link between the notions of social assistance and health protection. This conclusion they draw on the basis of analysis of international and domestic legal acts. In the study of the question of the place and role of health in the structure of ...