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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811762903321

Titolo

Leadership for nursing and allied health professionals / / editor: Veronica Bishop

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Maidenhead, : Open University Press, c2009

ISBN

0-335-22532-2

1-282-33748-3

9786612337482

0-335-23917-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 196 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

BishopV (Veronica)

Disciplina

362.173068

Soggetti

Nursing services - Administration

Health services administration

Leadership

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover Page -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyringht Page -- Contents -- Notes on contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Veronica Bishop -- Introduction -- Veronica Bishop -- Chapter 1 What is leadership? -- Veronica Bishop -- Chapter 2 Leadership and management: a new mutiny? -- David Stanley -- Chapter 3 Leadership challenges: professional power and dominance in heath care -- Mike Saks -- Chapter 4 Leadership for the allied health professions -- Mary Lovegrove and Tyrone Goh -- Chapter 5 Developing political leaders in nursing -- Sue Antrobus, Annie Macleod and Abigail Masterson -- Chapter 6 Educating leaders for global health care -- Dawn Freshwater, Iain Graham and Philip Esterhuizen -- Chapter 7 Clinical leadership and the theory of congruent leadership -- David Stanley -- Chapter 8 Leadership for health globally: grasping the nettle -- Veronica Bishop -- Index -- end cover page.

Sommario/riassunto

Helps nurses and allied health professionals to develop their leadership skills. This book uses historical case studies to illustrate the concept of leadership. It demystifies the key elements of leadership, highlights the difference between leadership and management and identifies the



components for leadership amongst health care professionals.