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Healthcare leaders need to exemplify the professional values they expect from others throughout the organization. A strong ethical foundation is indispensable for making sound judgements and providing high-quality patient care. <i>Managing Healthcare Ethically: Leadership Roles and Responsibilities</i> highlights the issues leaders encounter in ensuring ethical performance in both their organizations and the communities they serve. This book provides specific guidance for expanding leadership skills and details relevant character traits that contribute to maintaining an ethical culture. The book features selected columns originally written for the American College of Healthcare Executives&#8217; <i>Healthcare Executive </i>magazine. Chosen for their relevance to today&#8217;s healthcare environment, the columns share practical applications for leaders committed to ensuring an ethically grounded organization.

<b>Paul B. Hofmann,</b> DrPH, LFACHE, is president of the Hofmann Healthcare Group in Moraga, California. Although he devotes a majority of his time to pro bono activities, he continues to write, speak, and consult on ethical issues in healthcare and to serve as an advisor to healthcare companies and as an expert witness. Dr. Hofmann has served as executive director of Emory University Hospital and director of Stanford University Hospital and Clinics. For 19 years, he coordinated the annual two-day ethics seminar for the American College of Healthcare Executives. He is coeditor of <i>Management Mistakes in Healthcare: Identification, Correction and Prevention</i>, published in 2005 by Cambridge University Press. He serves on the American Hospital Association&#8217;s Quest for Quality Prize committee, the Joint Commission&#8217;s international Standards Advisory Panel, and the board of trustees of the Education Development Center. He is a cofounder of Operation Access and the Alliance for Global Clinical Training.<br><br><b>William A. Nelson</b>, PhD, MDiv, HFACHE, is director of the Ethics and Human Values Program and a professor in the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, the Department of Medical Education, and the Department of Community and Family Medicine at Dartmouth&#8217;s Geisel School of Medicine. He serves as the director of multiple courses for Dartmouth&#8217;s three master of public health programs and medical school, focusing on healthcare ethics. He also is an adjunct professor at New York University&#8217;s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. He was the principal investigator of several federally and state-funded research studies fostering an evidence-based approach to ethics. Dr. Nelson has received many awards, including the US Congressional Excalibur Award for Public Service and an honorary doctorate of humane letters from his alma mater, Elmhurst College. The US Department of Veterans Affairs established the annual competitive William A. Nelson Award for Excellence in Health Care Ethics<b>.</b>