Social responsibility of Polish health care in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic
Social responsibility of Polish health care in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic

Summary/Abstract: For several decades the health care service in Poland has been an institution at the centre of attention of both those in power and society as a whole. There are many reasons for this interest, ranging from the economic aspect to the national social policy sphere. This article provides an insight into health issues in Poland from a slightly different perspective. It contains an analysis of the institutions of the health care system in Poland in terms of its multidimensional social responsibility as a special kind of obligation to all community members. It highlights social responsibility as a modern tool for managing contemporary organisations, including public ones. The study also includes an analysis of the range of opportunities to make demands on the management of healthcare services in the field of health security. The health care system in Poland is one of the most strategically important fields for the state's social policy, which has recently been confronted with probably the greatest test in the post-war history of this country. It is becoming increasingly common among practitioners and experts in the social sciences to use the concept of health security as an integral part of designing the state's internal security strategy. The author also considers the health care system as a set of institutions constituting one of the greatest organisational challenges for both effective social policy and Poland's internal security in the years to come

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