Abstract:1. Hospital case managers must practice in accordance with the professional process of case management. 2. Hospital case management programs must be structured in such a way as to support the professional process of case management. 3. The roles and responsibilities of hospital case managers must be unmistakably defined to make certain that proactive advocacy is visible as the essential ethical obligation.
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