Social responsibility in healthcare: Which application in Africa?

This work has highlighted the crucial role of hospital governance and management, (involving the various stakeholders) in improving hospital social responsibility, and consequently the provision of care.

Social responsibility in healthcare is currently the subject of increasing attention around the world and is often presented as one of the necessary responses to improving health systems in developed countries. The absence of African data on this subject motivated a survey that aimed to assess social responsibility of African public hospitals in terms of management of kidney disease, and explore the factors that influence it. based on patient and physician perceptions. This work has highlighted the crucial role of hospital governance and management, (involving the various stakeholders) in improving hospital social responsibility, and consequently the provision of care.

Autorentext

Intissar HADDIYA, MD, PhD is a Moroccan nephrologist and author. She is Professor of higher education in medicine at the faculty of medicine and pharmacy-Mohammed Premier University, Oujda-Morocco and president of an association of kidney patients support in Eastern Morocco. The author also holds a (PhD) in social responsibility in healthcare.

Inhalt

Part I: Social responsibility in healthcare

Part II: The health situation in Africa

Part III: Social responsibility in healthcare: an African-wide survey