Health Care, Hospital Ethics and Administrative Law

At the end of the course, the student should be able to: 1. explain the concept of hospital ethics and administrative law; 2. discuss ethics of healthcare and hospital practices; and 3. discuss laws guiding healthcare and hospital practices.

Reflection of integration of morals and conduct in health care transactions. Hospital based welfare economics. The practice of trading and bartering. Integrity in business. Fraud and dishonesty. Borrowing and lending regulations. Honest payment of wages at the close of each day. Special provision for poor and strangers. Regulations for pledges or mortgages of personal property. Modern illustrations of Man’s quest for wealth and its implication on integrity of leaders. Moral and ethical values of business transactions in the hospital, as guided by ethical principles (such as principles of equity, to whom much is given, much is expected). Law. Its definition, content and theories. Essence of justice, morality in law and the totality of laws that are connected with hospital management affairs.