Profit, Patients and Public Good: Rethinking the Hospital DebatefosterlMon, 06/02/2025 - 14:53Image 3 June 2025 Business, Ethics & Society Michael Blanding During the COVID-19 pandemic, troubling reports emerged about a shortage of pulmonary ICU beds at for-profit hospitals. Allegedly, some of these institutions had repurposed critical care beds for more profitable surgical procedures. The stories appeared to confirm the worst fears about the greediness of profit-making institutions in the...
