Service improvement in healthcare: Understanding change capacity and change context

Clinician in Management

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 61-74

  Fitzgerald, Louise ^a   Ferlie, Ewan ^b   Addicott, Rachael ^c   Baeza, Juan ^d   Buchanan, David ^e   McGivern, Gerry ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING S FUND   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change capacity; Context; Organisational change; Service improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 37549047503     PISSN: 09655751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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