What does leadership in surgery entail?

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 876-883

  Patel, Vanash M ^a   Warren, Oliver ^a,b   Humphris, Penny ^a   Ahmed, Kamran ^a   Ashrafian, Hutan ^a   Rao, Christopher ^a   Athanasiou, Thanos ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b National Research Council   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic; Emotional intelligence; Health care; Leadership; Surgery; Transformational

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 78649277211     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2010.05530.x     Document Type: Article

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