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What Can We Ask of Hospitals? Conceptual Foundations for an Ethics of Healthcare Organizations.
| Τίτλος: | What Can We Ask of Hospitals? Conceptual Foundations for an Ethics of Healthcare Organizations. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Moore B; University of Rochester., McCoy MS; University of Pennsylvania., Nelson RH; Independent Researcher., Stahl R; University of California Berkeley., Taylor LA; New York University., Ubel PA; Duke University., Blumenthal-Barby J; Baylor College of Medicine. |
| Πηγή: | The American journal of bioethics : AJOB [Am J Bioeth] 2026 Sep; Vol. 26 (9), pp. 20-34. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Feb 27. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Taylor & Francis Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 100898738 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1536-0075 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 15265161 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Am J Bioeth Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: <2008- > : Philadelphia, Pa. : Taylor & Francis Original Publication: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2001- |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Hospitals*/ethics , Delivery of Health Care*/ethics , Ethics, Institutional* , Social Responsibility* , Moral Obligations*, Humans ; Ethical Theory |
| Περίληψη: | From aggressive billing practices to neglectful or discriminatory care, news stories about the misconduct of healthcare organizations abound. Yet there has been limited ethical scrutiny of hospitals and other healthcare organizations in the bioethics literature. In this paper, we explore what philosophy and organizational theory can offer in terms of concepts for articulating the obligations of healthcare organizations, specifically hospitals. We highlight how the concepts of institutional agency and responsibility, administrative harms and burdens, and communicative blame provide theoretical resources that can help bioethics get closer to a more robust organizational ethics. We advance two claims: first, these concepts help us make sense of how hospitals or healthcare organizations-not just individuals and the broader systems they operate within-can be morally responsible or blameworthy. Second, critical reflection on these concepts as they apply to several historical examples suggest some prima facie obligations of organizations that provide patient care. |
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| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Hospital ethics; healthcare organizations; institutional agency; misconduct; moral responsibility; organizational ethics |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20260227 Date Completed: 20260827 Latest Revision: 20260827 |
| Update Code: | 20260827 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15265161.2026.2632011 |
| PMID: | 41758605 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1536-0075 |
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| DOI: | 10.1080/15265161.2026.2632011 |