Bernaciak Elżbieta, Lemska Magdalena, Mędrzycka-Dąbrowska Wioletta, Szulkowska Żanetta. Intercultural Competences in Health Care - Judaism. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2019;9(3):321-332. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/zenodo.2597541 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/6715 https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/sedno-webapp/works/907969 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part b item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eissn 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2019; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 18.02.2019. Revised: 18.02.2019. Accepted: 18.03.2019. Intercultural Competences in Health Care - Judaism Kompetencje Międzykulturowe w Ochronie Zdrowia - Judaizm 1. Elżbieta Bernaciak, Department of Emergency Medicine and Catastrophes, Faculty of Health Sciences, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, 10th Militaty Research Hospital and Polyclinic in Bydgoszcz, Poland 2. Magdalena Lemska, Department of Sociology of Medicine and Social Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland 3. Wioletta Mędrzycka-Dąbrowska, Department of Anaesthesiological Nursing and Intensive Medical Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland 4. Żanetta Szulkowska, Elbląg University of Humanities and Economics, Faculty of Health Sciences Elbląg, Poland Summary The present times and Poland's entry into the European Union, the opening of borders, has intensified the phenomenon of migration of the population and contact between different cultures. In Poland, national minorities have been living since the dawn of time, but the current situation has a different dimension. Until now, the term "Transculturality" was not known in our country. However, the influx of people from the remotest parts of the world caused a situation requiring medical personnel to perceive the patient through the prism of biological, social and psychological needs as well as from the angle of other religions. Problems that appear taking care of such patients have caused that I decided to look at this issue on the example of Judaism believers. The aim of my work is to get the opinion of health professionals about intercultural competences in direct care of these patients. Key words: patient; multiculturalism; health care; Judaism Streszczenie Obecne czasy i wejście Polski do unii Europejskiej , otwarcie granic nasiliło zjawisko migracji ludności oraz stykania się ze sobą różnych kultur. W Polsce mniejszości narodowe zamieszkiwały od zarania dziejów jednak obecna sytuacja ma inny wymiar. Do tej pory termin „Transkulturowości” nie był znany w naszym kraju. Jednak napływ ludności z najodleglejszych stron świata spowodowało sytuację wymagającą od personelu medycznego postrzegania pacjenta przez pryzmat potrzeb biologicznych , społecznych i psychicznych a także po kątem innych religii. Problemy jakie się pojawiają sprawując opiekę nad takim chorym spowodowały, że postanowiłam przyjrzeć się bliżej temu zagadnieniu na przykładzie wyznawców judaizmu .Celem mojej pracy jest poznanie opinii pracowników służby zdrowia na temat kompetencji międzykulturowych w sprawowaniu bezpośredniej opieki nad tymi pacjentami. Słowa kluczowe: pacjent, wielokulturowość, ochrona zdrowia, Judaizm