Journal of Health Organization and Management: Volume 17 Issue 2

Managing in the New Zealand health service: The interpretation of experience

Steve McKenna, Julia Richardson

This paper investigates the managerial life and experiences of a group of service leaders in one region of the New Zealand health service. Through a complexity map methodology…

Market‐focused management: a model for US academic health centers

Kristina L. Guo

This paper describes managed care, competition and high health care costs and reductions in funding as the major market forces that affect US academic health centers. As academic…

Human resources policies and continuity of care

Charlotte Humphrey, Kathryn Ehrich, Bairbre Kelly, Jane Sandall, Sally Redfern, Myfanwy Morgan, David Guest

Explores the implications for continuity of care of the wide range of policy initiatives currently affecting the management and use of human resources in the UK National Health…

Qualitative management research in the NHS: A classic case of counting to one?

Alistair Hewison

This paper examines research that has been undertaken to investigate management in health care and argues that there is no firm “evidence base” to demonstrate its effectiveness…

Ethnic minority under‐representation in clinical trials: Whose responsibility is it anyway?

Mahvash Hussain‐Gambles

Ethnic minority people are frequently under‐represented in clinical trials. This potentially affects the generalisability/external validity of the trial findings. This not only…