title: What is to be expected from an ethics audit integrated within the accreditation process of hospitals from romania?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We aimed to verify the issue of the ethics audit and its use in the system of accreditation of hospitals. It presents the results of a survey conducted among hospital managers from Romania.
  
  
  METHODS
  Our article highlights the results of the second part of a research carried out in 2012 on the pertinence and the structure of the ethics audit integrated within the accreditation process of hospitals, according the opinion of the 47 executives and managers involved in the quality management of Romania hospitals. The data have been gathered with the aid of the online questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  An ethics audit integrated within the accreditation process of hospitals should include primarily the respect of the patients' rights, the good relations of the institutions with its patients and the respect of the moral rights of the employees.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The usefulness of this study is due to the fact that it consults precisely those who should really contribute to the creation, application and monitoring of ethical policies and instruments necessary in every hospital which are permanently under the scrutiny of public opinion and confront themselves with the obligation to give a thorough account of their results and spending of the public resources. This study gain consistency as the relevant aspects that could form the structure of a hospital ethics audit are identified with the direct help of the managers responsible for implementing it.
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Policy and Ethics, "Grigore.T. Popa" University of Medicine Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania ; Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi, Romania.
authors.forename: Daniela Tatiana
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Agheorghiesei
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Policy and Ethics, "Grigore.T. Popa" University of Medicine Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania ; "Grigore.T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania.
authors.forename: Liliana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Iliescu
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Policy and Ethics, "Grigore.T. Popa" University of Medicine Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania ; "Grigore.T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gavrilovici
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Policy and Ethics, "Grigore.T. Popa" University of Medicine Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania ; "Grigore.T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania.
authors.forename: Liviu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Oprea
keywords: Accreditation process; Ethics audit; Hospitals; Romania