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Leadership for Nursing and Allied Health Care Professions
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Leadership for Nursing and Allied Health Care Professions

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Format Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10 0335225330
ISBN-13 9780335225330
Publisher Open University Press
Imprint Open University Press
Country of Manufacture GB
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Mar 16th, 2009
Print length 192 Pages
Weight 326 grams
Dimensions 22.80 x 15.30 x 1.30 cms
Product Classification: Nursing
Ksh 5,300.00
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The book demystifies the key elements of leadership, highlights the difference between leadership and management and identifies the essential components for successful leadership amongst health care professionals.

It is time to take stock, to promote and support our articulate and strategic thinkers, and to let them shine!

This inspiring book is a wake-up call to nurses and allied health professionals to develop their leadership skills and to make a real difference to global health and social development. Veronica Bishop uses high profile historical case studies to illustrate the concept of leadership and put it into a context that is easily understood.

The book demystifies the key elements of leadership, highlights the difference between leadership and management and identifies the essential components for successful leadership amongst health care professionals. The book incorporates:

  • A new research based theory of leadership that embraces clinical excellence
  • Educational and practice based concepts to support key leadership skills
  • Case examples of real experiences
  • Exercises for developing your own leadership skills at the end of each chapter
Contributions from experts from a wide range of countries and with diverse knowledge bases make a topic that is often presented as highly complex and ''out of reach'' readily accessible.

Leadership for Nursing and Allied Health Care Professions is key reading for all nurses and allied health care professionals aspiring to be leaders.

Contributors: Sue Antrobus, Mary Lovegrove, Annie Macleod, Abigail Masterson, Dawn Freshwater, Iain Graham, Philip Esterhuizen, David Stanley, Mike Saks, Veronica Bishop, Tyrone Goh.

With a foreword by Tony Butterworth.

"Wherever you are in your career - this book offers a great deal to inspire and to provoke thought. We could all learn from it."

Nursing Standard

"This book is timely. This highly readable and informative book, written by experts in the field, will be of interest to all nursing and allied health professionals, particularly those aspiring and emerging leaders."
Professor David R Thompson, University of Leicester, UK

"This is a book that all students studying leadership in health care have been waiting for. It is inspirational, exciting to read with its many different case studies, exercises to bring about reflection and should result in a more empowered and enlightened work force."
Phil Halligan, University College Dublin, Ireland

"With the increased focus on clinical leadership this book is a welcome addition to the vast array of leadership books currently available and will appeal to a wide range of practising clinicians looking for an introduction to the subject."
Mark Sewell, Postgraduate Student, University of Birmingham/University of Manchester, UK


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