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Humanizing healthcare reforms / Gerald A. Arbuckle ; foreword by Maria Theresa Ho.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arbuckle, Gerald A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Health care reform.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (274 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book looks at the problems facing healthcare systems from a social anthropological angle, and argues for a return to a values-based approach to healthcare. The author clarifies how organizations need to identify the goals that unite their members and how individuals at every level can contribute to positive change in their organizations.
- Contents:
- Power and complexity of culture : healthcare insights
- Healthcare models in conflict : what about the patient?
- Tribalism between clinicians and managers : risks to patients
- Bullying in healthcare institutions : an anthropological perspective
- Leading cultural change in healthcare
- Leading mergers in healthcare : cultural processes
- Faith-based healthcare : case study.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781283754606
- 1283754606
- 9780857006585
- 0857006584
- OCLC:
- 815670881
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