The Contribution of Ethics to the Development of the Healthcare System
The Contribution of Ethics to the Development of the Healthcare System

Summary/Abstract: Physicians know best the value of time and costs of maintaining the health of a patient or of a certain category of the population, in other words, the costs of the quality of life of the population. In the medical field, the best example of how certain institutions emerge and develop is the story of the International Red Cross and the Swiss Jean-Henry Dunant. SARS-CoV2 is not the battle for the city of Solferino in northern Italy, but it can become a context that contributes to the development of the healthcare system, focusing on service quality, on ethical risk management based on the principles of the Caux Round Table and, last but not least, on valuing human development. The writing of the book „A Memory of Solferino” and the initiation of the International Committee for Relief to the Wounded caused Henry Dunant a series of financial difficulties, which in time led to poverty and loss of respect in society, but the organization he created has developed, and his basic ideas have been gradually accepted, which is why we are talking today about the International Red Cross. For his work and efforts, Henry Dunanti would be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (1901) by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. The paper entitled „The contribution of ethics to the development of the healthcare system” will be a theoretical and practical approach to initiating and applying ethics in the activity and institutional development of the public health system. People have emotions, feelings and resources that are limited in time, but human communities can be an unlimited resource of knowledge, support and creativity. Digitalization, teleworking, telemedicine will bring a number of fundamental changes in the structure and operation of many societies. There is talk today of corporate governance, risk management, the role of leadership and quality standards. Ethics will connect to these norms, regulations and to the new European provisions and requirements, and will protect the freedom, dignity and integrity of individuals/citizens, be they specialists or patients.

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