Clinicians’ experiences of becoming a clinical manager: A qualitative study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Spehar, Ivan ^a   Frich, Jan C ^a   Kjekshus, Lars Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Administration and organization; Doctor; Health services administration; Leadership; Nurse manager; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAREER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICIAN; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; DRIVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; MALE; NURSE MANAGER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SURGICAL WARD; WORKLOAD; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; AGED; CAREER MOBILITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EVALUATION STUDY; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER MOBILITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVES; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84869874048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-421     Document Type: Article

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