Roles of Hospital Administrator

TO SUPERINTEND THE SICK: A ROLE ANALYSIS OF THE HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR
Author(s): MICHAEL R. McKEE
Source: Sociological Focus, Vol. 3, No. 4, On Student Competition (Summer, 1970), pp. 25-41
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THE SICK:
TO SUPERINTEND
A ROLE ANALYSIS OF THE HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR
MICHAEL R. McKEE
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Pennsylvania State UniversityMedical

And it iswell to superintend the sick, to make them well, to care for
the healthy to keep them well, also to care for one's own self, so as to
observe what is seemly. (Hippocrates, Precepts, Chapt. 6)
history,

Throughout

have

hospitals

intrigued men,

offering

a

unique life situation and, whether challenging or revoltinghim,
various

providing

insights

into

the complex

nature

of the human

animal. Who should be in command of today's hospitals and how
their operation should be conducted is still in question. This
paper will briefly explore contemporary hospital administration
with reference to the professional training and the social role of
the administrator.
In
tions,

The

care, the various
study of medical
sub-disciplinary
as medical
sociology,
occupations,
organiza...