Focuses on the application of ethics to the critical issues faced by today's healthcare administrators. After establishing a foundation in theory and principles, the text encourages students to apply ethics to areas of change, regulation, technology and fiscal responsibility in healthcare.

Practical theory -- Autonomy -- Nonmaleficence and beneficence -- Justice -- Ethics in the epoch of change -- Market forces and ethics -- Healthcare regulation and ethics -- Technology and ethics -- No mission, no margin: fiscal responsibility -- Healthcare organizations: culture and ethics -- The ethics of quality -- Patient issues and ethics -- Public health and ethics -- Personal ethics and morality -- Codes of ethics and administrative practice -- Practicing as an ethical administrator.