Leadership for Nursing and Allied Health Care Professions

This is a book that all students studying leadership in health care have been waiting for. It provides an excellent broad perspective on aspects of leadership common to all disciplines. It aims to empower all health care providers to fully realise their potential as a leader and demonstrates how this can be achieved in reality. 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 enlighten work force.
Phil Halligan, University College Dublin, Ireland

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

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.