It is a comprehensive book on the subject of hospital administration which is bound to attract a lot of attention from various health care organizations and hospitals from public as well as private sectors in view of the growing demand for better health care facilities from the stakeholders. The authors have a long experience in hospital and health care administration in various prestigious public and private hospitals including teaching and training of the postgraduate students.

The various topics including Clinical Care Services, Nursing Services, Support Services, Medical Records, Hospital Hazards, Medicolegal Aspects, Public Relations, Medicosocial Services and Evaluation of Hospital Services are discussed in detail for the benefit of the students and faculty of hospital administration. This book is of great assistance to the administrators and managers of various health care providing institutions. 

The book has adequately covered the responsibility of the hospital organization towards the patient, the various facets of patient care, both clinical and managerial issues like ward management system, administrative procedure, intricacies of authority responsibility and model regulation and resource management approach. The basic steps of corporate planning towards a good human relation and productivity have also been highlighted. The government guidelines and regulation of waste management, Organ Transplant Act, Application of Consumer Protection Act and telemedicine in hospitals, approach to patient satisfaction are some of the areas of importance which are well-documented in text and can be termed as the special feature of the book. Throughout the book, the primary purposes of hospital administration and the carefully developed procedural guidelines have been highlighted. The text emphasizes the importance of standards for the hospital on a level commensurating with the demands of services and size which are to be met by the hospital managers. The authors have documented a need for application of fundamental principles of management in a hospital scene. 

Useful for Hospital Administrator and Managers of Various Health Care Providing Institutions.