1st Edition

The Healthcare Practitioner's Handbook of Management

By Larry D. Grieshaber Copyright 1997
344 Pages
by CRC Press

344 Pages
by CRC Press

The American system of healthcare is rapidly changing. Today, more and more of an emphasis is being placed on management skills-organizing, coordinating and managing the resources required for providing quality patient care. Medical practitioners are now expected to be efficient administrators as well as skilled clinicians. Although some may see this as a difficult hurdle, The Healthcare... Read more
Introduction
Chapter 1: Management in the Healthcare Context
UNIT I-Planning
Chapter 2: Goal-Setting and Planning (Disorientation)
Chapter 3: Budgeting (Malnutrition)
UNIT II-Organizing
Chapter 4: Organization of Work and Jobs (Anatomy and Physiology)
Chapter 5: Team-Building I-Selecting Team Members (Type I Organizational Arrhythmias)
Chapter 6: Team-Building II-Developing Effective Teams (Type II Organizational Arrhythmias)
Chapter 7: Decision-Making and Problem-Solving (Cognitive/Affective Disorders)
UNIT III-Leading
Chapter 8: Motivation (General Malaise)
Chapter 9: Leadership (Neuromuscular Disorders)
Chapter 10: Communication (Aphasia)
Chapter 11: Change and Innovation (Hypertension)
UNIT IV-Controlling
Chapter 12: Quality (Sports Medicine)
Chapter 13: Stress (Anxiety and Depression)
Index

Biography

Larry D. Grieshaber

"...very effective in illustrating concepts from a perspective clinicians of any discipline can appreciate."
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