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You are here > Home > Reading Lists > Compliance Resources > The Ethics of Hospital Trustees The Ethics of Hospital Trustees edited by Bruce Jennings, Virginia A. Sharpe, Bradford H. Gray, Alan R. Fleischman, Hastings Center for Studies in Ethics Hardcover: 284 pages ISBN 1589010159 Georgetown University Press June 2004 (click below for the very best currently available price for this important resource)   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. Note to Hospital administrators and Physician Executives: You may wish to purchase a necessary quantity of this book to disseminate among your board members and chiefs of staff. This book will serve to establish a communal understanding of shared roles as well as offer direction to individuals and committees, whether the subject is directly related to ethics or not. This book provides meaning, purpose and guidelines for leadership through its discussion of ethics in governance. Practical as well as theoretical, The Ethics of Hospital Trustees uncovers four basic principles: Fidelity to mission Service to patients Service to the community 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. Contributions to this book include: The Trustees' Dilemma: Hospitals as Benevolence or Business—Looking Back a Century, Elizabeth Robilotti and David Rosner The Legal Responsibilities of Voluntary Hospital Trustees, J. David Seay Hospital Trusteeship in an Era of Institutional Transition: What Can We Learn from Governance Research?, Jeffrey A. Alexander The Role of Hospitals in the Community, Romana Hasnain-Wynia, Frances S. Margolin, and Mary A. Pittman The Role of Trustees and the Ethics of Trusteeship: Findings from an Empirical Study, Bradford H. Gray and Linda Weiss The Trustees of Nonprofit Hospitals: Dealing with Money, Mission, and Medicine, William F. May Trustees and the Moral Identity of the Hospital, David H. Smith Trusteeship as Representation, Bruce Jennings Ethical Dimensions of Trusteeship on the Boards of Catholic Hospitals and Systems, Charles J. Dougherty Hospital Partnering, Sales, and For-Profit Conversions: Trustees' Responsibility and Perceptions in a Time of Change, Linda Weiss and Bradford H. Gray Fitting Board Information to Board Function, Anthony R. Kovner What Hospital Trustees Can Learn From Ethics Committees: Pragmatism, Ethics, and the Governance of Health Care Organizations, Joseph J. Fins Patient Safety and the Role of Hospital Boards, Virginia A. Sharpe (information provided by the publisher) You may also be interested in / The Directory of Healthcare Recruiters / Jump to a List / Health Administration & Leadership / Physician Executive, Medical Staff & Practice Management / Finance, Accounting, Economics, Billing & Reimbursement / Coding for Hospital, Physician & Clinical Services / Law, Malpractice, Ethics, Accreditation & Compliance / Quality Improvement, Outcomes & Customer Service / Risk Management, Security, Error Reduction & Patient Safety / Information Systems, Technology & Medical Records / Clinical Management & Executive Nursing / Behavioral Health, Social Work & Psychiatry Management / Human Resources, Management & Supervision / Directories, Data, Trends & Benchmarks / Software & CD-ROMs / Gift Ideas & Recommended Gifts / Journals, Magazines & Newsletters / Search for Books / Books Index / Go to / Home Page / Toolbox for Health Administrators / Bookstore