Analysing the medicine‐management interface in acute trusts

1997; Emerald Publishing Limited; Volume: 11; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1108/02689239710177710

ISSN

1758-7441

Autores

Bie Nio Ong, Margaret Boaden, Steve Cropper,

Tópico(s)

Management and Organizational Studies

Resumo

The impact of the NHS reforms, and the resulting purchaser-provider split, has refocused attention on the relationship between management and medicine in acute hospitals. It is timely to assess the explanatory power of various theoretical models regarding the management-medicine interface. Argues that this interface is currently rather fluid and that a dynamic and adaptive model is best suited to understanding the way in which doctors and managers develop their relationship within the changing policy context. Two examples illustrate these shifting boundaries.

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