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Hospital managers ought to attach importance to the application of hospital management ethics

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Cui Xiao-dong
Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration

The authors offer some methods for cultivating the capability of the entire staff of the hospital to fulfill the obligations of moral excellence and provide a preliminary account of the application of hospital management ethics in hospital management.

Abstract

Firstly the authors expound the management attribute of hospital management ethics, clarifying the connotation of hospital management ethics, the basic issues in the study of hospital management ethics, and the eight functions, tasks and goals of hospital management ethics. Secondly they discuss the relationship between hospital management and hospital management ethics. Thirdly they offer a preliminary account of the application of hospital management ethics in hospital management: ①illustrating via a diagram the application of hospital management ethics in hospital decision-making; ②presenting ways of judging “good” and “evil” activities in the hospital; and ③describing the application of hospital management ethics to the monitoring and assessment of medical programs. Finally they propose some methods for cultivating the capability of the entire staff of the hospital to fulfill the obligations of moral excellence.