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Leadership in Health Care

Sixth Edition


October 2025 | 392 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

Now in its sixth edition, this much-loved book is your essential introduction to leadership in healthcare. With new content on cultural diversity, leadership theories, and the role of AI, the book is written in clear, straightforward language and filled with practical examples, helping to develop the leadership skills you need for practice.

Part 1: The Individual – Learn about the theory and nature of leadership, with reflective questions designed to help you explore your own values and leadership style.

Part 2: The Team – Delve into interprofessional working, the role of communication in leadership and crucial topics such as problem solving and emotional intelligence.

Part 3: The Organisation - Understand quality improvement, organisational change and why your involvement matters at every stage of your career.

This book is an invaluable resource for all nursing, midwifery and allied health students and professionals.
 
Part I: The Individual
 
Chapter 1: The Nature of Leadership
 
Chapter 2: What Makes a Leader?
 
Chapter 3: Culture, Diversity and Values
 
Chapter 4: Theories of Leadership
 
Part II: The Team
 
Chapter 5: Team Life
 
Chapter 6: Interdisciplinary and Interprofessional Working
 
Chapter 7: Communication and Leadership
 
Chapter 8: Problem Solving
 
Chapter 9: Ethical, Legal and Professional Aspects in Leadership
 
Chapter 10: Managing Conflict
 
Chapter 11: Emotional, Social and Practical Intelligence
 
Part III: The Organisation
 
Chapter 12: Theory of Organisational Life
 
Chapter 13: Quality
 
Chapter 14: Leadership for Change

Jill Barr

Jill Barr is a lecturer at Coventry University, teaching student nurses and MBA/MSc students in health care. She has worked as a Principal Lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton and also at De Montford University, with a number of awards from pre-registration nursing to Community Specialist Nursing programmes, Non-Medical Prescribing, Physician Assistant/Associate, Advanced Practitioner and Public Health Masters. Her own professional career has been exciting, varied and totally integrated with personal development, including writing with Lesley Dowding for over twenty years. Jill qualified as a nurse, midwife and health visitor,... More About Author

Lesley Dowding

Lesley Dowding’s career has encompassed several different experiences since qualification, as a nurse and midwife, ranging from General Theatres, Midwifery, Gynaecology, nanny in the USA, veterinary assistant (USA), Anaesthetics & Recovery Sister, and as Nurse Tutor within schools of nursing and universities. Lesley teaches a variety of subjects for pre-registration nursing students including Management Studies, and has a passion for effective management techniques, endeavouring to make what might be considered dry theory applicable to clinical practice. To do this Lesley and Jill have written two books related to management theory and... More About Author

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