Now more than ever, ethical management in healthcare requires more than
just a commitment to "doing the right thing." It requires the ability to
analyze highly complex situations in a volatile environment, to address
the myriad needs and concerns of patients and other stakeholders, to
thoughtfully evaluate diverse courses of action, and ultimately to
choose the right path when the moral "rules" are not always clear. The
Tracks We Leave: Ethics and Management Dilemmas in Healthcare, now in
its third edition, provides guidance for current and future healthcare
managers as they confront the ethical challenges of their day-to-day
work. Through a host of relevant, timely scenarios and thought-provoking
essays, the book examines ethics as a leadership imperative, describes
organizational policies and infrastructure components that support an
ethical culture, and presents a framework for ethical analysis that is
both comprehensive and pragmatic.