Managing Healthcare Ethically, Third Edition, Volume 3: Clinical Challenges

by Nelson, William A.; Hofmann, Paul B.

• ISBN13: 9781640552609
• ISBN10: 164055260X
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781640552562
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2022-01-06
• Publisher: ACHE Learn
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Summary

Navigate complex ethical dilemmas in clinical healthcare. This volume provides practical solutions for frontline caregivers facing unique ethical challenges. Managing Healthcare Ethically: Clinical Challenges assembles columns from American College of Healthcare Executives publications, offering guidance for today’s changing clinical environment.

Explore ethical issues in caring for individual and groups of patients, and learn how to develop and apply effective policies. Discover the crucial role of ethics committees in addressing informed consent, confidentiality, medical errors, and end-of-life care.

• Enhance ethical reasoning and decision-making skills
• Improve patient experience and quality of care
• Navigate conflicts of interest and resource allocation

This volume is essential for healthcare professionals, executives, and students seeking to improve ethical practice in clinical settings.

Author Biography

William A. Nelson, PhD, MDiv, HFACHE, is director of the Ethics and Human Values Program and a professor in the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, the Department of Medical Education, and the Department of Community and Family Medicine at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine. He serves as the director of multiple courses for Dartmouth’s three master of public health programs and medical school, focusing on healthcare ethics. He also is an adjunct professor at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. He was the principal investigator o Paul B. Hofmann, DrPH, LFACHE, is president of the Hofmann Healthcare Group in Moraga, California. Although he devotes a majority of his time to pro bono activities, he continues to write, speak, and consult on ethical issues in healthcare and to serve as an advisor to healthcare companies and as an expert witness. Dr. Hofmann has served as executive director of Emory University Hospital and director of Stanford University Hospital and Clinics. For 19 years, he coordinated the annual two-day ethics seminar for the American College of Healthcare Executives. He is coeditor of Management Mistake