Resource scarcity and priority setting: from management to leadership in the rationing of health care?

While continued interest in the application of priority-setting technologies is perhaps unsurprising in a time of austerity, they require sensitive implementation for their full potential benefits to be realized. This article looks at the role and value of leadership in addressing problems of a lack...

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Main Authors: Dickinson, H., Freeman, T., Robinson, Suzanne, Williams, I.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45072
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description While continued interest in the application of priority-setting technologies is perhaps unsurprising in a time of austerity, they require sensitive implementation for their full potential benefits to be realized. This article looks at the role and value of leadership in addressing problems of a lack of perceived legitimacy and governance that have been raised in connection with the rationing enterprise. The potential and limitations of key leadership concepts such as ‘sense-making’ and ‘framing’ are explored, and notions of relational leadership and the importance of leading with political astuteness are discussed.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-450722017-09-13T14:16:25Z Resource scarcity and priority setting: from management to leadership in the rationing of health care? Dickinson, H. Freeman, T. Robinson, Suzanne Williams, I. While continued interest in the application of priority-setting technologies is perhaps unsurprising in a time of austerity, they require sensitive implementation for their full potential benefits to be realized. This article looks at the role and value of leadership in addressing problems of a lack of perceived legitimacy and governance that have been raised in connection with the rationing enterprise. The potential and limitations of key leadership concepts such as ‘sense-making’ and ‘framing’ are explored, and notions of relational leadership and the importance of leading with political astuteness are discussed. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45072 10.1080/09540962.2011.598352 restricted
spellingShingle Dickinson, H.
Freeman, T.
Robinson, Suzanne
Williams, I.
Resource scarcity and priority setting: from management to leadership in the rationing of health care?
title Resource scarcity and priority setting: from management to leadership in the rationing of health care?
title_full Resource scarcity and priority setting: from management to leadership in the rationing of health care?
title_fullStr Resource scarcity and priority setting: from management to leadership in the rationing of health care?
title_full_unstemmed Resource scarcity and priority setting: from management to leadership in the rationing of health care?
title_short Resource scarcity and priority setting: from management to leadership in the rationing of health care?
title_sort resource scarcity and priority setting: from management to leadership in the rationing of health care?
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45072