Organizational ethics in health care
Subtitle: principles, cases, and practical solutions
By: Philip J. Boyle ... [et al.].
Contributors: Boyle, Philip
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The Jossey-Bass health series
Publisher: Jossey-Bass; Wiley-Interscience
Published: 2001
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
Subjects: Health services administration -- Moral and ethical aspects; Medical ethics; Ethics, Institutional; Health Facilities; Organizational Case Studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-399) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part one; title: 1. The moral ecology of health care organizations; title: 2. Organizational theory, culture, and psychology: tools for organizational ethics; title: 3. Organizational support for ethical behavior; title: 4. Corporate compliance and integrity programs: the uneasy alliance between law and ethics; title: 5. Managing human resources; title: 6. Conflicts of interest; title: 7. Discretion and control; title: 8. Evaluating the moral life of an organization: the case of resource allocation policies; title: 9. Resource allocation and utilization: structural issues; title: 10. Mission and the bottom line; title: Part two: cases; title: 1. The waiting room; title: 2. Nursing strikes; title: 3. A gift, or an obligation?; title: 4. Obligations for adequate health care coverage; title: 5. A manager's dilemma in hiring; title: 6. Conflict of interest, or just a great lunch?; title: 7. Organizations and spousal equivalent benefits; title: 8. Organizational teflon: making sure the case doesn't stick; title: 9. Investment policy; title: 10. Compassionate sedation, or euthanasia? compassionate communication, or deceit?; title: 11. Ethical considerations in charting; title: 12. Executive use of discretionary funds: the bonus pool; title: 13. Integrating spirituality in the health care setting; title: 14. Alternative and complementary medicine; title: 15. Overstepping the bounds of expertise; title: 16. Marketing products and practicing medicine; title: 17. Following the rules, or using them as a smokescreen?; title: 18. Organizational advancement and corporate compliance; title: 19. The compliance officer and the ethics committee; title: 20. Aggressive accounting; title: Appendixes.