The Ethics of Hospital Trustees
The Ethics of Hospital Trustees

Author: Bruce Jennings

Publisher: Georgetown University Press

Published: 2004-06-18

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9781589014398

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All manner of medical practitioners have had their scruples dissected ad infinitum. In spite of the attention paid to medical ethics and bioethics, little has been paid to the ethical roles and responsibilities of those who are ultimately in charge of hospital governance: hospital trustees. Deriving from a Hastings Center research project involving meetings with a national task force of experts and extensive interviews with 98 nonprofit hospital trustees and CEOs over a two-year period, The Ethics of Hospital Trustees shows that the decisions made by these often overlooked members of the health community do raise important ethical issues, and that ethical dimensions of trustee service should be more explicitly recognized and discussed. Practical as well as theoretical, The Ethics of Hospital Trustees uncovers four basic principles: 1. Fidelity to mission; 2. Service to patients; 3. Service to the community; and 4. Institutional stewardship. In delineating the extremely important functions of hospital trustees, from patient safety to financial responsibility, the contributors outline not only how hospital trustees do perform—they give a fresh understanding to how they should perform as well.

For-Profit Enterprise in Health Care
For-Profit Enterprise in Health Care

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1986-01-01

Total Pages: 580

ISBN-13: 0309036437

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"[This book is] the most authoritative assessment of the advantages and disadvantages of recent trends toward the commercialization of health care," says Robert Pear of The New York Times. This major study by the Institute of Medicine examines virtually all aspects of for-profit health care in the United States, including the quality and availability of health care, the cost of medical care, access to financial capital, implications for education and research, and the fiduciary role of the physician. In addition to the report, the book contains 15 papers by experts in the field of for-profit health care covering a broad range of topicsâ€"from trends in the growth of major investor-owned hospital companies to the ethical issues in for-profit health care. "The report makes a lasting contribution to the health policy literature." â€"Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law.

Governance Ethics in Healthcare Organizations
Governance Ethics in Healthcare Organizations

Author: Gerard Magill

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-01-28

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 1000036332

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Drawing on the findings of a series of empirical studies undertaken with boards of directors and CEOs in the United States, this groundbreaking book develops a new paradigm to provide a structured analysis of ethical healthcare governance. Governance Ethics in Healthcare Organizations begins by presenting a clear framework for ethical analysis, designed around basic features of ethics – who we are, how we function, and what we do – before discussing the paradigm in relation to clinical, organizational and professional ethics. It goes on to apply this framework in areas that are pivotal for effective governance in healthcare: oversight structures for trustees and executives, community benefit, community health, patient care, patient safety and conflicted collaborative arrangements. This book is an important read for all those interested in healthcare management, corporate governance and healthcare ethics, including academics, students and practitioners.

Ethical Governance in Health Care
Ethical Governance in Health Care

Author: Roger A. Ritvo

Publisher: AHA Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13:

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Ethical Governance in Health Care helps boards of trustees and CEOs design programs and allocate resources that strengthen their effectiveness and accountability. In an era of egregious actions and mistakes directly attributable to lax oversight and weak governance by corporate boards, health care trustees must collaborate with institutional leaders to respond to the changing legal, moral, and ethical climate of the care delivery system. Ethical Governance in Health Care redefines the role, function, power, and process of governing boards. As a practical guide, the book provides direction on how to confront moral and ethical dilemmas. It defines the difference between the legal environment and a facility's ethical climate to help trustees translate organizational values into future plans. Ethical Governance in Health Care also addresses the critical challenge of putting mission into practice. At stake is the hospital's ability to build trust among the community, staff, vendors, public regulators, and accreditation agencies. A special place is reserved in this book for guidance on avoiding actual and perceived conflicts of interest. Book jacket.

Entrusted
Entrusted

Author: David H. Smith

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 1995-05-22

Total Pages: 139

ISBN-13: 0253113415

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“Thoughtful essays on the morality, obligations, practice, and virtues of trusteeship.” —ARNOVA News In Entrusted, David H. Smith offers some ideas and raises some issues that may put trusteeship into perspective. The main idea presented in these pages is that trustees should be reflective, that the board should be a community of inquiry, more precisely, a community of interpretation. And, because the trustee’s historically and currently important role has been little studied by moralists, philosophers, or theologians, moral issues associated with nonprofit governance have fallen into the cracks. This book serves to suggest the need for academically sophisticated discussions of the moral parameters of trusteeship, studies that will go beyond and improve on this attempt. “Entrusted provides a much-needed contribution to the literature on ethics in the healthcare arena.” —Health Progress “A splendid and invaluable book, one every trustee with an active conscience would want to read and one every trustee with a dormant conscience ought to read.” —Richard Chait, Center for Higher Education Governance and Leadership “[Smith’s] contribution breaks some new and difficult ground by helping us to think beyond the routine and mundane dimensions of trusteeship.” —Academe “Essential reading for trustees.” —Ethics “Entrusted should be required reading for trustees of any not-for-profit.” —Advancing Philanthropy

Ethics for Trustees 2.0
Ethics for Trustees 2.0

Author: Marguerite C Lorenz Ctfa Clpf

Publisher:

Published: 2020-09-28

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13: 9781728372785

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Serving as Trustee, Executor, and Agent (Power of Attorney for Finance, and for Health Care Decisions) is complicated as many transactions are simple, but the human beings, affected by those transactions, are complex. Whether you plan to "age in place", or move to where the care you need is provided, how you plan for your future, and more importantly, who you select to serve as your Fiduciary, is critical to your success. Your loved one, or a professional may be your best option, but don't select anyone without reading this book first! Too many families are no longer on speaking terms because the chosen person did a poor job, or just did not fulfill the required fiduciary duties. "This little book saved our family from World War III, thank you!!" A. B., 86 years old. Ethics for Trustees 2.0 is for everyone who is getting their estate plan written, as every Trustor needs to select a Successor Trustee. For everyone who serves as a Trustee of a Trust; experienced or inexperienced; Attorneys, Fiduciaries, CPA's, Family Members and Friends, etc., this book can help you better understand what is required to do the job well. Quotes and concepts have been drawn from personal experience based on serving as private professional trustees in California. This book is designed to stimulate discussion in our estate planning community, to emphasize the value of continuing education, and to encourage those who serve as a Fiduciary to do their best.