Organizational ethics in health care : principles, cases, and practical solutions /

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Other Authors: Boyle, Philip
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2001
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Jossey-Bass health series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part one
  • 1. The moral ecology of health care organizations
  • 2. Organizational theory, culture, and psychology: tools for organizational ethics
  • 3. Organizational support for ethical behavior
  • 4. Corporate compliance and integrity programs: the uneasy alliance between law and ethics
  • 5. Managing human resources
  • 6. Conflicts of interest
  • 7. Discretion and control
  • 8. Evaluating the moral life of an organization: the case of resource allocation policies
  • 9. Resource allocation and utilization: structural issues
  • 10. Mission and the bottom line
  • Part two: cases
  • 1. The waiting room
  • 2. Nursing strikes
  • 3. A gift, or an obligation?
  • 4. Obligations for adequate health care coverage
  • 5. A manager's dilemma in hiring
  • 6. Conflict of interest, or just a great lunch?
  • 7. Organizations and spousal equivalent benefits
  • 8. Organizational teflon: making sure the case doesn't stick
  • 9. Investment policy
  • 10. Compassionate sedation, or euthanasia? compassionate communication, or deceit?
  • 11. Ethical considerations in charting
  • 12. Executive use of discretionary funds: the bonus pool
  • 13. Integrating spirituality in the health care setting
  • 14. Alternative and complementary medicine
  • 15. Overstepping the bounds of expertise
  • 16. Marketing products and practicing medicine
  • 17. Following the rules, or using them as a smokescreen?
  • 18. Organizational advancement and corporate compliance
  • 19. The compliance officer and the ethics committee
  • 20. Aggressive accounting
  • Appendixes.