"Managing Care: A Shared Responsibility" is a professional book that addresses the challenge of rising healthcare costs and proposes alternative approaches to tackle this issue. The author, Joseph L. Verheijde, highlights the necessity of establishing fundamental guidelines for healthcare management that are morally justifiable. The book discusses the limited financial resources of society and the associated challenges in the healthcare sector. It points out that cost control strategies often aim to restrict patient choice and access, leading to increased responsibility for patients. Verheijde calls for a critical examination of these approaches and encourages finding new ways to make healthcare more equitable and sustainable.