The Ethics of Hospital Trustees (Hastings Center Studies in Ethics)
Contributors: Bruce Jennings (Editor); Virginia A. Sharpe (Editor); Alan R. Fleischman (Editor)
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: June 18, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781589010154
Subjects: Ethics & moral philosophy; Medical ethics; Medicolegal issues; Medical / Nursing; Hospital Administration; Medical; Professional ethics; Ethics; Medical / Ethics; Medical-Hospital Administration; Hospital trustees; United States
First sentence: In 1920, just after the end of World War I, the fledging journal Hospital Management, the publication of the newly organized American Hospital Association, published a frontispiece illustration depicting a hospital superintendent referring to a book titled Industrial Efficiency (figure 1.1).