No margin, no mission : health-care organizations and the quest for ethical excellence /

No margin, no mission : health-care organizations and the quest for ethical excellence /

Can the ethical mission of health care survive among organizations competing for survival in the marketplace? On this question hinges not only the future of health care in the US, but that of the health care systems of all advanced countries. This book presents both an analytic framework and a menu...

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Other Authors: Pearson, Steven D., Sabin, James E., Emanuel, Ezekiel J., 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Managed care plans (Medical care) > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Health facilities > Moral and ethical aspects.
Medical ethics.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Virtue among the ruins?
  • Ch. 2. Evidence-based ethics and the BEST project
  • Ch. 3. Organizational ethics
  • Ch. 4. Consumer empowerment
  • Ch. 5. Medical necessity, coverage decisions, and medical policy
  • Ch. 6. The care of vulnerable populations
  • Ch. 7. Community benefits
  • Ch. 8. The confidentiality of personal health information
  • Ch. 9. The perennial ethical challenges of health care in competitive systems.

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