The Tracks We Leave: Ethics and Management Dilemmas in HealthcareThe Tracks We Leave provides practical guidance for navigating the multifaceted ethical dilemmas that healthcare managers encounter. The book begins by discussing a healthcare manager’s ethical responsibilities and presenting the business case for ethics management. The ensuing cases and discussions reflect the typical challenges faced by healthcare executives, such as medical errors, physician impairment, coworker conflict, gender discrimination, staff shortages, and clinician burnout. The book emphasizes the clear correlation between ethics and management, along with the need for managers to consider ethical implications when making management decisions. This revised edition features five new chapters that examine ethics surrounding topics such as: Technology in support of remote patient care and remote workThe responsibility of senior healthcare management to create an ethical cultureThe COVID-19 pandemic and preparation for the next crisis The conclusion of the book provides closure to the cases by identifying the consequences of the management actions taken in each instance. It also contains an ethics self-assessment that identifies areas for improvement.The Tracks We Leave: Ethics and Management Dilemmas in Healthcare 4th Edition is written by Frankie Perry and published by ACHE Management Series. ISBNs for The Tracks We Leave: Ethics and Management Dilemmas in Healthcare are 9781640554528, 1640554521 and the print ISBNs are 9781640554535, 164055453X.

The Tracks We Leave: Ethics and Management Dilemmas in HealthcareNow 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. Structured around a series of real-life cases, the book explores the ethical implications of such topics as: •Medical errors •Conflicts of interest •Sexual harassment and gender discrimination •Physician impairment •Emergency preparedness •Workforce reductions •End-of-life decisions 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.The Tracks We Leave: Ethics and Management Dilemmas in Healthcare 3rd Edition is written by Frankie Perry and published by Health Administration Press. ISBNs for The Tracks We Leave: Ethics and Management Dilemmas in Healthcare are 9781640551442, 1640551441 and the print ISBNs are 9781640551404, 1640551409.