title: The proposal of philosophical basis of the health care system.
abstract: The studies of health care systems are conducted intensively on various levels. They are important because the systems suffer from numerous pathologies. The health care is analyzed, first of all, in economic aspects but their functionality in the framework of systems theory is studied, as well. There are also attempts to work out some general values on which health care systems should be based. Nevertheless, the aforementioned studies, however, are fragmentary ones. In this paper holistic approach to the philosophical basis of health care is presented. The levels on which the problem can be considered are specified explicitly and relations between them are analyzed, as well. The philosophical basis on which the national health care systems could be based is proposed. Personalism is the basis for the proposal. First of all, the values, that are derived from the personalistic philosophy, are specified as the basic ones for health care systems. Then, general organizational and functional properties of the system are derived from the assumed values. The possibility of adaptation of solutions from other fields of social experiences are also mentioned. The existing health care systems are analyzed within the frame of the introduced proposal.
authors: Wojtyła Institute - Scientific Foundation, Smoleńsk 29, 32-112, Kraków, Poland.
authors: Andrzej
authors: A
authors: Bielecki
authors: Faculty of Management, Częstochowa University of Technology, Armii Krajowej 19B, 42-200, Czestochowa, Poland. sylniesz@poczta.onet.pl.
authors: Sylwia
authors: S
authors: Nieszporska
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D028723:Personhood; D010686:Philosophy, Medical
keywords: Health care systems; Personalism; Philosophical foundations