Fulfilling institutional responsibilities in health care: Organizational ethics and the role of mission discernment

Business Ethics Quarterly

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 433-450

  Gallagher, John A ^a   Goodstein, Jerry ^a  

^a Center for Ethics in Health Care   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ARTICLE; BUSINESS ETHICS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INDUSTRY; INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RELIGION; UNITED STATES;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

CATHOLICISM; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS, BUSINESS; ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; HOSPITALS, RELIGIOUS; INDUSTRY; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036792532     PISSN: 1052150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5840/10.2307/3857994     Document Type: Review

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