| Description |
1 online resource (x, 245 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-236) and index. |
| 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. |
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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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Managed care plans (Medical care) -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Managed care plans (Medical care) -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Managed care plans (Medical care) |
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Medical ethics.
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Medical ethics. |
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Corporate culture -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Corporate culture -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Corporate culture. |
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Health facilities -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Health facilities. |
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Ethics, Medical. |
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Health Facility Administration. |
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Organizational Culture. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Spencer, Edward M.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Organization ethics in health care. New York : Oxford University Press, 2000 9780195129809 (DLC) 99031080 (OCoLC)41380504 |
| ISBN |
9780199747801 (electronic book) |
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0199747806 (electronic book) |
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1280831294 |
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9781280831294 |
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0195129806 (alkaline paper) |
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9783642113802 |
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