Decision making in hospital administration and medical care : a casebook / by James A. Hamilton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hamilton, James A. (James Alexander), 1899-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hospitals--Administration--Study and teaching.

Hospitals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (723 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [1960]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Decision Making in Hospital Administration and Medical Care was first published in 1960. This casebook based on experiences and administrative problems encountered in actual hospital situations will serve as a text for beginning students in graduate programs in hospital administration, as course material in allied fields, and as a reference work for hospital administrators. The case material deals with problem definition, determination of needs for hospital facilities, establishment of new general hospitals, external relations, internal relations, internal hospital operations, hospital adaptat

Contents:

Table of Contents; I. APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING; II. DETERMINING THE NEED FOR HOSPITAL SERVICE FACILITIES; III. ESTABLISHING A NEW GENERAL HOSPITAL; IV. EXTERNAL RELATIONS; V. OPERATING A HOSPITAL; VI. ADAPTING THE HOSPITAL TO THE CHANGING SCENE; VII. SPECIAL PROBLEM SITUATIONS; Index of Cases

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0-8166-6277-0

OCLC:

476161468