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A two-dimensional perspective of healthcare leadership in non-Western contexts
- Source :
- BMJ Leader, 4(4), 178-184. BMJ Publishing Group, BMJ Leader, 4(4), 178-184. BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, 2020.
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Abstract
- As we witness an alarming change in the delivery of healthcare worldwide, there is a need for transformational leadership that can inspire and empower healthcare professionals, and patients alike. Due to the lack of economic, infrastructural and human resources especially in developing countries, the organisation and delivery of healthcare services is even more challenging. Hence, the focus of leadership development in resource-limited environments should be to facilitate knowledge building, interprofessional collaboration, empowerment and inclusion.In this paper, we use two exemplary cases to illustrate the impact of, and the challenges facing leadership capacity building in non-Western contexts with special reference to India and Curaçao. These cases demonstrate that there is a place for validated medical leadership models in developing countries with promising outcomes for the collective health status of communities at large. Such models, however, need to be contextualised to fit the individual country's economic and sociopolitical context. Also, the stakeholders should be prepared to create healthy professional cultures that embrace respect (for self and others) and focus on effective communication practices within their local environments.
- Subjects :
- 020205 medical informatics
Leadership and Management
Strategy and Management
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Context (language use)
02 engineering and technology
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Political science
Knowledge building
MEDICAL-EDUCATION
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
IMPLEMENTATION
health system
030212 general & internal medicine
SMALL-SCALE
Human resources
Empowerment
multi-professional
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competencies
Leadership development
business.industry
Health Policy
clinical leadership
Capacity building
Public relations
Transformational leadership
project design
business
Inclusion (education)
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2398631X
- Volume :
- 4
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMJ Leader
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5d2f3098e39bf7e2058f0361f9b7375a