Developing compassionate leadership in health care: An integrative review

Journal of Healthcare Leadership

Volumn 8, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-10

  dle Zulueta, Paquita C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive; Compassion; Complexity; Culture; Resilience; Servant leadership

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; CLINICIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LEARNING; MACHINE; MANAGER; MORALITY; PRESCRIPTION; PUNISHMENT; REVIEW; REWARD; SKILL; STAFF; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRUST; WELLBEING; WORKFORCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84995677845     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11793201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JHL.S93724     Document Type: Review

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