Reconciling ethical and marketplace values in service program design

Peters, J.P.; Wacker, R.C.; Peters, J.P; Wacker, R.C

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Reconciling ethical and marketplace values in service program design

Peters, J.P.; Wacker, R.C.

Trustee the Journal for Hospital Governing Boards 35(12): 30-40 43

1982

ISSN/ISBN: 0041-3674

PMID: 10257751

Document Number: 187949

Traditionally, the provision of hospital services has been based on a set of values very different from those associated with the free market process. Without denying the import of sound financial support and performance, the authors suggest that to maintain "legitimacy", hospitals must examine their values and the relevance of those values to the communities they serve.