The context of ethics in the health care industry

Abstract

Examines ethics in the health care industry from the perspectives of investors, employees, patients, competitors and the environment. Ethical behaviour in the health care industry is essential and desirable; however, determining which behavioural actions are ethical and which are unethical is difficult. Although never will everyone agree on specific ethical standards, everyone should agree that setting ethical standards is vital. Therefore, administrators of health care institutions and health care providers should work together to establish codes of ethics which define boundaries for ethical behaviours in the health care industry.

Citation

Wells, B. and Spinks, N. (1996), "The context of ethics in the health care industry", Health Manpower Management, Vol. 22 No. 1, pp. 21-29. https://doi.org/10.1108/09552069610113345