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Who doesn't want to be a leader? Leaders are such wonderful people: Comment on “Leadership and leadership development in healthcare settings - a simplistic solution to complex problems?”

Learmonth, M.

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M. Learmonth



Abstract

Leadership, as McDonald (1)argues, is a phenomenon which many people involved in healthcare around the globe put great emphasis on today; some even see the improvement of leadership as a panacea for all the ills of their healthcare system. This brief commentary on her work seeks to supplement the points she makes by emphasising the personalattractions leadership enjoys, at least in the eyes of many of those who exercise power in healthcare. It also endeavours to highlight some of the ironies and absurdities which arise as a result of the conflicts about what terms we should use to describe the “leaders” (or, alternatively perhaps, those who seek to enjoy supremacy) within healthcare.

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Learmonth, M. (2015). Who doesn't want to be a leader? Leaders are such wonderful people: Comment on “Leadership and leadership development in healthcare settings - a simplistic solution to complex problems?”. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 4(1), 45-47. https://doi.org/10.15171/ijhpm.2015.03

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Dec 11, 2014
Online Publication Date Dec 12, 2014
Publication Date Jan 1, 2015
Deposit Date Jan 24, 2015
Publicly Available Date Feb 9, 2015
Journal International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Print ISSN 2322-5939
Publisher Kerman University of Medical Sciences
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 4
Issue 1
Pages 45-47
DOI https://doi.org/10.15171/ijhpm.2015.03
Keywords Leadership, Irony, Contestation, Language.
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1446548

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