Business Ethics in Healthcare

by Leonard J. Weber

Healthcare ethics is not just about decisions made at the bedside. It is also about decisions made in executive offices and in boardrooms. Business Ethics in Healthcare offers perspectives that can assist healthcare managers achieve the highest ethical standards as they face their roles as healthcare providers, employers, and community service organizations. Weber suggests guidelines and criteria based on the understanding that the healthcare organization...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253338409
• ISBN13: 9780253338402
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Invaluable for more than healthcare administrators

I have been giving lectures based on this book in a variety of settings to clinical therapists (of very different levels of sophistication), physicians, bioethicists, and administrators. It is eminently readable, but also profoundly practical. The material covers nearly every aspect of healthcare delivery. The balance is excellent. It is never ponderous, but rather a very enjoyable book to read. I sometimes have to force myself to slog though heavy ethical papers and texts. This book was difficult to put down. Throughout, guidelines are provided for considering and arriving at decisions that will be well thought out and exquisitely balanced. While I would make this text required reading for all would-be healthcare administrators, I also unreservedly recommend it to anyone and everyone working in a healthcare setting. Even the issue of typically low pay for housekeeping staff is authoritatively addressed. Needless to say, I wholeheartedly recommend it without reservation. The only problem is that others will want to borrow it - you may have to be assertive to get it back. Therefore, be prepared to "help" others purchase their own copies.