COMPLEXITY AND HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION
a view from the street
2004392 pages Paperback
ISBN-10 1 85775 814 5
ISBN-13 9781857758146
Edited by David Kernick, General Practitioner, Exeter
Description
Complexity and Healthcare Organization: a view from the street describes the practical applications where complexity theory has been employed within health care organizations. It explores how these insights can help to provide a better understanding of how healthcare organizations operate, as an eco-system rather than along mechanical lines. These insights can offer useful perspectives for further evolution, and by removing existing barriers and facilitating interactions, new cultures can emerge, ensuring that organizations can respond to the changing demands placed on them.
All those involved in the planning, management, commissioning and delivery of healthcare will find this book useful and fascinating reading.
Review Quotes 'This interesting text provides a platform for discussion and debate on the complexity of healthcare management. The theory underpinning the book is described clearly and simply and the ensuing debate will encourage reflection and evaluation of current practice.' NURSING STANDARD
'There's something for nearly everyone, from GPs to healthcare managers, in this useful book. It provides fresh ideas backed up with concrete examples of how insights from the transformative science of complexity can help managers adapt to meet the demands of a patient-centred NHS.' EDUCATION FOR PRIMARY CARE
'Clear, well pitched and undoubted value for money. There is something here for any healthcare manager, commissioner, practitioner or allied health professional. It will also interest teachers of healthcare, students of medicine, nursing, health care management studies, health policy and health economics.' THE BRITISH JOURNAL OF GENERAL PRACTICE
 Section 1: Getting to grips with the basics Section 2: The spectrum of how we think about organizations Section 3: Complexity perspectives on healthcare organization Section 4: Facilitating emergence in healthcare organizations Section 5: Going on together in organizations: perspectives on healthcare provision Section 6: Going on together in organizations: perspectives on whole systems Section 7: From theory to action: personal perspectives
John Powell Huw Davies Sandra Nutley Jo Poole Will Liddell Sean Boyle Julian Burton Marion Naidoo Shaun Naidoo Kieran Sweeney Ceri Brown Jim Price Tim Wilson Alasdair Honeyman Will Medd Katrina Wyatt Hazel Stuteley Peter Fryer Barbara Douglas Pat Gordon Leigh Hamby Laura Day Sarah Fraser Paul Thomas V Rambihar
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