Hospitals and Long-Term Care

Hospitals and Long-Term Care

Introduction

Until recent years, the health care sector was protected relatively from the pursuit of profit, which drives the remaining portion of the U.S. economy. However, without a public warning, “good business” concerns have shifted to this sector, as well. Medical institutions have always been the charitable, nonprofit establishments, with a primary function to serve the people, and the community. However, in the last two decades, the numbers of for-profit health care organization have grown at an alarming rate (Andre & Velasquez, 1988).

The increasing commercialization of health care sector and its ethical implication have become ...