Organization ethics in health care /

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Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Description:1 online resource (x, 245 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11208772
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Other authors / contributors:Spencer, Edward M.
ISBN:9780199747801
0199747806
1280831294
9781280831294
9780195129809
0195129806
0195129806
9783642113802
9786610831296
6610831297
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-236) and index.
English.
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Summary:This book covers the new field of healthcare organization ethics from theory to practical application. It can be used as a text for courses on the subject, as a reference for those interested in the present status of the field, and as a practical guide for healthcare executives, clinicians and committee members who are beginning to develop an organizational ethics program for their institution.
Other form:Print version: Organization ethics in health care. New York : Oxford University Press, 2000 9780195129809
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. The background for organization ethics
  • Ch. 2. A philosophical basis for organization ethics
  • Ch. 3. Clinical ethics and organization ethics
  • Ch. 4. Business ethics and organization ethics
  • Ch. 5. Professional ethics in healthcare organizations
  • Ch. 6. The relationship of social climate to the historical development of the healthcare organization and its ethical climate
  • Ch. 7. The ethical climate in today's healthcare organization
  • Ch. 8. Developing a positive ethical climate in the healthcare organization
  • Ch. 9. Instituting an organization ethics program.
  • Ch. 10. Compliance, risk-management, and quality-improvement programs
  • Ch. 11. Organization ethics activities and their evaluation
  • Ch. 12. Conclusion
  • App. 1. Virginia Bioethics Network recommendations for guidelines on procedures and processes to address organization ethics in health care organizations
  • App. 2. Towards a pragmatic method for assessing moral problems
  • App. 3. A decision process: a framework for moral reasoning
  • App. 4. Codes of Ethics
  • App. 5. The rise, fall, and reemergence of the nursing home: important lessons to be learned.