Synopsis This book discusses Supportive Services which makes the work of experts possible, i.e. Hospital Planning and Execution; Medical Informatics and Telemedicine; Consequent to and Refusal of Treatment; Health Manpower Planning' Computer in the Hospital Administration; Nursing Services and Hospital Administration; Records Management in a Hospital; Bio-Medical Equipment Maintenance Management Programmes; Materials Management with Special Reference to Equipment and Drugs; care of the Instrument and Linen; Containment of Hospital Infection; Nursing Services in a Hospital; Medical Practice and Law; Doctor-Patient Relationship; Public Relations in Hospitals; Patients and Hospital-Relationship; Hospitals and private Sector: Mutual Support: Evaluation of Medical Care Services in Hospitals; Quality Health Care in India; Challenges of Hospital Administration in 21st Century; Doctors and the Consumer Protection Act: Appendix; Index. These supportive services are of great significance to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of hospital services. All the chapters have been written by experts based on their wide readings, personal experience and research. The chapters have been supplemented with constructive suggestions based on facts to improve the functions of hospitals. It is hoped that this book would be of great help to the policy-makers, planners and decision-makers as well as to those interested in hospitals administration for study and research. In his Foreword to this book Padmashree Dr. C.P. Thakur, has beautifully stressed the importance of this book: "To meet the challenge of hospital administration in the new millennium, the editors of this book on the subject have done tremendous work in producing a compendium of the articles written specially for this book, by the top medical experts of the country. I am sure this book will be a useful guide for effective improvements in hospital administration all over the country.