Jill Barr, Lesley Dowding

Leadership in Health Care (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Now in its sixth edition, this much-loved book is your essential introduction to leadership in healthcare. With new content on cultural diversity, leadership theories, and the role of AI, the book is written in clear, straightforward language and filled with practical examples, helping to develop the leadership skills you need for practice.

Part 1: The Individual - Learn about the theory and nature of leadership, with reflective questions designed to help you explore your own values and leadership style.

Part 2: The Team - Delve into interprofessional working, the role of communication in leadership and crucial topics such as problem solving and emotional intelligence.

Part 3: The Organisation - Understand quality improvement, organisational change and why your involvement matters at every stage of your career.

This book is an invaluable resource for all nursing, midwifery and allied health students and professionals.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781036201661
• Artikelnr.: 74044507

Autorenporträt

Jill Barr is a lecturer at Coventry University, teaching student nurses and MBA/MSc students in health care. She has worked as a Principal Lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton and also at De Montford University, with a number of awards from pre-registration nursing to Community Specialist Nursing programmes, Non-Medical Prescribing, Physician Assistant/Associate, Advanced Practitioner and Public Health Masters. Her own professional career has been exciting, varied and totally integrated with personal development, including writing with Lesley Dowding for over twenty years. Jill qualified as a nurse, midwife and health visitor, working in all these areas in practice as well as gaining her nurse licence in Michigan, USA. With a breadth of practice experiences in acute, community and industry, the patients, women, families and communities that have been served have been an important tapestry in her personal development.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1. The Individual
Chapter 1. The Nature of Leadership
Chapter 2. What Makes a Leader?
Chapter 3. Culture, Diversity and Values
Chapter 4. Theories of Leadership
Part 2. The Team
Chapter 5. Team Life
Chapter 6. Interdisciplinary and Interprofessional Working
Chapter 7. Communication and Leadership
Chapter 8. Problem Solving
Chapter 9. Ethical, Legal and Professional Aspects in Leadership
Chapter 10. Managing Conflict
Chapter 11. Emotional, Social and Practical Intelligence
Part 3. The Organisation
Chapter 12. Theory of Organisational Life
Chapter 13. Quality
Chapter 14. Leadership for Change

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Part I: The Individual
Chapter 1: The Nature of Leadership
Chapter 2: What Makes a Leader?
Chapter 3: Culture, Diversity and Values
Chapter 4: Theories of Leadership
Part II: The Team
Chapter 5: Team Life
Chapter 6: Interdisciplinary and Interprofessional Working
Chapter 7: Communication and Leadership
Chapter 8: Problem Solving
Chapter 9: Ethical, Legal and Professional Aspects in Leadership
Chapter 10: Managing Conflict
Chapter 11: Emotional, Social and Practical Intelligence
Part III: The Organisation
Chapter 12: Theory of Organisational Life
Chapter 13: Quality
Chapter 14: Leadership for Change