Setting the stage for a business case for leadership diversity in healthcare: History, research, and leverage

Journal of Healthcare Management

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-44

  Dotson, Ebbin ^a   Nuru Jeter, Amani ^b  

^a UTHealth School of Public Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST CONTROL; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; FINANCE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; RISK FACTOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP;

EID: 84859182880     PISSN: 10969012     EISSN: 19447396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00115514-201201000-00007     Document Type: Article

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