Health Services Administration

This book examines the concept of care and care practices in healthcare from the interdisciplinary perspectives of continental philosophy, care ethics, the social sciences, and anthropology.

How ought a society to distribute its publicly funded healthcare resources? This multidisciplinary investigation brings together the insights of philosophy, clinical science, health economics, operational research and public policy analysis.

Ethics in Health Administration translates the principles and practice of ethics into usable information for application to the real world of healthcare administration and the critical issues faced by today's healthcare administrators.

With chapters spanning issues from professionalism and quality to mobile health and bioinformatics, it establishes what will become the 'core curriculum' in ethics and health informatics, a growing field which encourages truly inter- and multidisciplinary inquiry.

Includes chapters on privacy, consent, gender and culture, healthcare access, and international issues.

This Open Access book highlights the ethical issues and dilemmas that arise in the practice of public health. It is also a tool to support instruction, debate, and dialogue regarding public health ethics.