A growing evidence base suggests that increasing the involvement of clinical professionals
on governing boards of hospitals has a positive impact on organizational performance …

It is crucial that we gain a deeper understanding of the features of organizational
governance and how they contribute to hospital performance. Health care governance …

Aims to examine medical involvement in hospital management processes, and to consider
the implications of current experience for the next generation of clinical directors. Doctors …

Background A widespread assumption across health systems suggests that greater
clinicians' involvement in governance and management roles would have wider benefits for …

OBJECTIVE: To explore medical specialists' attitudes to clinical governance in acute
hospitals and factors influencing these attitudes. METHODS: A semi-structured interview …

The theme of the relationship between the medical profession and management has been at
the centre of both academic and policy debates since the creation of the National Health …

This article explores doctors' experience of the role of clinical director in a large National
Health Service (NHS) teaching Trust. The advent of doctors in management, as a relatively …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the debate on the response of doctors
to health policy initiatives in general and clinical governance in particular …

Introduction Despite common assumptions that doctors are well placed to lead hospitals and
healthcare organisations, the peer-reviewed literature contains little evidence on the …

A central motif of health reforms around the world has been the drive to persuade doctors
and other clinical professionals to become more actively engaged in the management of …