Journal of Management in Medicine: Volume 16 Issue 1
Table of contents
Cultural competency: professional action and South Asian carers
Ghazala Mir, Philip ToveyInequality and exclusion are characteristic of the experience of UK South Asian communities. In health care, community needs are often not addressed by health and social welfare…
Health professionals’ views of contracting for infection control in the NHS internal market
Pauline Allen, Bronwyn Croxson, Jennifer Roberts, Shirley Crawshaw, Kate Archibald, Lynda TaylorThis paper reports a national study which investigated the involvement of infection control professionals in (and their views about) the formal processes of contracting for health…
Leadership development in health care: what do we know?
John Edmonstone, Jane WesternThe NHS in England has developed a strong focus on clinical and managerial leadership. The article describes both emerging ideas on leadership models and approaches to developing…
The moderators of patient satisfaction
Jessie L. TuckerThe purpose of this study was to determine which Department of Defense (DOD) active duty patient sociodemogpraphic, health status, geographic location, and utilization factors…
Cross‐sector working : Speech and language therapists in education
Elspeth McCartneyCurrent policies and practices concerning speech and language therapy provision in schools are reviewed and issues which remain to be addressed are considered. A general move to…
Managing performance and performance management: Information strategy and service user involvement
Carol A. Rea, David M. ReaThe involvement of service users is extolled in National Service Frameworks and, in Wales, is one of seven standards set out in the National Service Framework for mental health…