Organization Ethics in Health Care / Edition 1

by Edward M. Spencer, Ann E. Mills, Mary V. Rorty, Patricia H. Werhane

Overview

The ethical aspects of the operation of healthcare organizations (HCOs) are central to the delivery of health care. Organization Ethics in Health Care begins by assessing the shortcomings of clinical ethics, business ethics, and professional ethics as a basis for solving problems that have emerged in healthcare delivery systems since the advent of managed care. The text focuses on the meaning of the developent of the HCO in our society and what its present status is. The authors point out that moral parameters endorsed by society have guided previous shifts in the relationships among important HCO stakeholders, but that these parameters have been unclear or missing altogether during the past tumultous decade. Finally, they describe the key elements for the successful implementation of a fully functioning healthcare organization ethics program and what it can mean to the institution, its associated clinicians and employees, its patients, and its community. Moving from theory to practical application, this book will serve as an excellent student text, a professional guide, and a reference work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195129809
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/06/2000
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 6.20(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

all at the Center for Biomedical Ethics, University of Virginia

Darden Graduate School of Business, University of Virginia

Table of Contents

1. Introduction2. A Philosophical Basis for Organization Ethics3. Clinical Ethics and Organizatin Ethics4. Business Ethics and Organization Ethics5. Professional Ethics and Organization Ethics6. Relationship of Social Climate to the Historical7. The Ethical Climate in Today's Healthcare Organization8. Developing a positive Ethical Climate in the Healthcare Organization9. Instituting an Organization Ethics Program10. Compliance, Risk Management and Quality Improvement Programs11. Organization Ethics Activities and Their Evaluation12. Conclusion