Synopsis:
This new edition describes how to approach problems in health services management in an organized, logical way, and where to turn for guidance and guidelines. The author discusses a range of critical, contemporary issues, including patient autonomy, end-of-life decisions, consent for treatment, appropriate resource allocation, reporting problems, and confidentiality. The book examines 80 case studies (12 new to this edition) from a full range of care delivery settings. Readers will learn how to approach ethical paradoxes, formulate personal and professional codes of ethics, resolve conflicts of interest, maximize community benefits with limited resources, and much more!
Review:
**Description** This brief primer on major ethical issues facing those in health services management positions updates the 2005 fourth edition. **Purpose** The purpose is to introduce students of health services management and those already in management positions to major ethical issues that they may face in the field. It seeks to provide an opportunity for managers to critique their previously held views and establish an ethic that carries through in their work. Ultimately, the book succeeds in pushing readers to be critical of the ethics embedded in health management. **Audience** The book is intended for both students and current health managers, and it meets the needs of both audiences with a good deal of success. The author presents the material in a manner that underscores his experience and expertise with health management and the ethical challenges inherent within the field. **Features** A brief discussion of ethical theories begins the book, which then proceeds to explore the application of the theories in a number of clinical and administrative scenarios through case analysis. These scenarios include ethical decision-making about patients and issues with the community as well as organizational complexities, including conflicts of interest and marketing in the managed care environment. Of particular note is the discussion throughout of how managers ought to represent the values of their institution while similarly developing their own personal ethic to guide them in addressing difficult ethical challenges. **Assessment** The author's encouragement to develop a personal ethic and to actively reflect the mission of the institution is laudable. However, he seems to overemphasize the health manager's authority in implementing a personal ethic to address ethically challenging issues, describing the manager as the "conscience" of the institution. Nonetheless, the book provides a nice introduction to ethics in health management and this new edition brings updated information and new data to the challenging subject. ----------------------------------------------------------- Weighted Numerical Score: 81 - 3 Stars--Ryan F Holmes, MA, Saint Louis University"Doody's Review Service" (03/16/2012)
[T]he book succeeds in pushing readers to be critical of the ethics embedded in health management...[and] provides a nice introduction to ethics in health management...this new edition brings updated information and new data to the challenging subject.--Ryan F Holmes, MA, Saint Louis University"Doody's Review Service" (03/16/2012)
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